Marie-Gertrude PICHET

(b. 4 April 1741 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 January 1815 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Gertrude PICHET was born 4 April 1741 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Gertrude PICHET was the child of Jacques PICHET and Marie-Thecle BAUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques PICHET and Louise ANCELIN (ASSELIN) (maternal) Joseph BAUCHER and Marthe LEMIEUX

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

Marie-Gertrude married Gabriel FOUCHER 19 April 1762 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel FOUCHER was born 20 June 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Gabriel died 14 January 1821 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Gabriel was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie GENDRON.

Marie-Gertrude PICHET died 24 January 1815 in Sainte-Marie, 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.

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Marie-Gertrude PICHET married

Gabriel FOUCHER-- Date: 19 April 1762 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada
Gabriel FOUCHER was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie GENDRON

Children of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie-Gertrude PICHET:

Marguerite FOUCHER (b.23 March 1774, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1843, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )
m. Augustin ELIE dit BRETON 2 February 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1741 Birth
4 April 1741
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Gertrude PICHET and Gabriel FOUCHER 19 April 1762, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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.

1774 Birth of Child
Marguerite FOUCHER was born 23 March 1774, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Gertrude was 32 years old.

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)

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FOUCHER married 2 February 1802, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Augustin ELIE dit BRETON