Michel DECELLES

(b. 22 April 1766 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 December 1820 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Michel DECELLES was born 22 April 1766 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel DECELLES was the child of Etienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Josephte-Suzanne CELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Geneviève BREILLARD (maternal) Michel-Marie CELLE (DECELLES) dit DUCLOS and Suzanne MONGEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Angelique BRISSETTE 30 September 1788 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique BRISSETTE was born 6 March 1773 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Angelique died 18 September 1821 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Angelique was the child of Pierre BRISSETTE and Jeanne-Francoise COLLET (COLLETTE).

Michel DECELLES died 18 December 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Michel DECELLES married

Angelique BRISSETTE-- Date: 30 September 1788 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique BRISSETTE was the child of Pierre BRISSETTE and Jeanne-Francoise COLLET (COLLETTE)

Children of Michel DECELLES and Angelique BRISSETTE:

Alexis DECELLES (b.9 January 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 22 October 1881, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND 14 February 1831 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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1766 Birth
22 April 1766
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Michel DECELLES and Angelique BRISSETTE 30 September 1788, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 22 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)

1806 Birth of Child
Alexis DECELLES was born 9 January 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Michel was 39 years old.

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.