Francois SEGUIN

Born

10 July 1773 , Oka, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 August 1832 , Rigaud, Lower Canada

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François-De-Sales SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE Angelique QUESNEL

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Born: 10 July 1773 in Oka, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François-De-Sales SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE

Mother: Angelique QUESNEL

Paternal grandparents: Louis SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE , Marie-Anne RISING (RAIZENNE) (SHOENTAKOUANI)

Maternal grandparents: Michel-Antoine QUESNEL , Angelique JAVILLON (GAVILLON)

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Francois married Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE 7 November 1796 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE was born 17 November 1780 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Ostie died 26 May 1862 in St-André-Avellin, Canada. Marie-Ostie was the child of Simon VILLENEUVE and Madeleine SABOURIN.

Francois SEGUIN died 16 August 1832 in Rigaud, 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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Francois SEGUIN married

Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE
Marriage date: 7 November 1796
Marriage place: Vaudreuil, Lower Canada
Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE was the child of Simon VILLENEUVE and Madeleine SABOURIN

Children of Francois SEGUIN and Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE

Benjamin SEGUIN

Born: 20 September 1818, Rigaud, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January 1893, St-André-Avellin, Papineau, Quebec, Canada

Married: Flavie DION 21 January 1840 Place: Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

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Birth — 1773
10 July 1773
Oka, 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)

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

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

1796 Marriage / Partner
Francois SEGUIN and Marie-Ostie VILLENEUVE 7 November 1796, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Benjamin SEGUIN was born 20 September 1818, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Francois was 45 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England