Augustin PROULX

Born

8 November 1760 , Montmagny, Canada

Died

15 August 1819 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Joseph PROULX Genevieve JANOT (JANEAU)

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Born: 8 November 1760 in Montmagny, Canada

Father: Joseph PROULX

Mother: Genevieve JANOT (JANEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PROULX , Marie-Marthe GAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste JANOT (JANEAU) , Anne MARTIN

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Augustin married Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES 24 January 1786 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES was born 3 July 1767 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Catherine-Sophie-Louise died 14 December 1850 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine-Sophie-Louise was the child of Luc FORBES and Louise-Sophie VACHON.

Augustin PROULX died 15 August 1819 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Augustin PROULX married

Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES
Marriage date: 24 January 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES was the child of Luc FORBES and Louise-Sophie VACHON

Children of Augustin PROULX and Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES

Julie PROULX

Born: abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre-Godefroy ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE 4 February 1823 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1760
8 November 1760
Montmagny, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Augustin PROULX and Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES 24 January 1786, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.