Etienne DENIS

Born

13 February 1787 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 April 1863 , Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada

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Ignace DENIS dit JEAN Catherine DEFOY

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Born: 13 February 1787 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ignace DENIS dit JEAN

Mother: Catherine DEFOY

Paternal grandparents: Ignace JEAN dit DENIS , Marie-Thérèse DROUIN

Maternal grandparents: Augustin DEFOY , Catherine DROUIN

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Etienne married Marguerite ROCHETTE 13 January 1817 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ROCHETTE was born 26 November 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 13 April 1868 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE and Geneviève HAMEL.

Etienne DENIS died 26 April 1863 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada.
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Etienne DENIS married

Marguerite ROCHETTE
Marriage date: 13 January 1817
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Marguerite ROCHETTE was the child of Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE and Geneviève HAMEL

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

Children of Etienne DENIS and Marguerite ROCHETTE

Angele DENIS

Born: 15 May 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Henri BLANC 26 June 1854 Place: Québec, Canada East

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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 — 1787
13 February 1787
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Etienne DENIS and Marguerite ROCHETTE 13 January 1817, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 29 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England