Marie BESSETTE

Born

3 February 1796 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

14 August 1824 , Chambly, Lower Canada

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Laurent BESSETTE Archange TETREAULT

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Born: 3 February 1796 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent BESSETTE

Mother: Archange TETREAULT

Paternal grandparents: François BESSETTE (BESSET) , Geneviève GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

Maternal grandparents: Joseph TETREAU (TETREAULT) dit DUCHARME , Marie-Catherine LUSSIER

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Marie married Moses BUNKER 14 June 1814 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Moses BUNKER was born 24 May 1788 in Barnstead, Crown Colony of New Hampshire . Moses died 13 February 1856 in Chambly, Canada East . Moses was the child of Jonathan BUNKER and Elizabeth RAND.

Marie BESSETTE died 14 August 1824 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
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Marie BESSETTE married

Moses BUNKER
Marriage date: 14 June 1814
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Moses BUNKER was the child of Jonathan BUNKER and Elizabeth RAND

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St. Gabriel (presbytérienne)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Moses BUNKER and Marie BESSETTE

Clemence BUNKER

Born: 28 July 1817, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 14 October 1890, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre HERBEC 20 February 1838 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1796
3 February 1796
Chambly, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marie BESSETTE and Moses BUNKER 14 June 1814, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Clemence BUNKER was born 28 July 1817, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie was 21 years old.

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