Marguerite ROCHETTE

(b. 26 November 1797 , Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada d. 13 April 1868 , Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada )

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Marguerite ROCHETTE was born 26 November 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Marguerite ROCHETTE was the child of Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE and Geneviève HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE and Marie-Josephe LEVEILLE (maternal) Pierre HAMEL and Genevieve DION

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

Marguerite married Etienne DENIS 13 January 1817 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne DENIS was born 13 February 1787 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Etienne died 26 April 1863 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada. Etienne was the child of Ignace DENIS dit JEAN and Catherine DEFOY.

Marguerite ROCHETTE died 13 April 1868 in Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite ROCHETTE

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Marguerite ROCHETTE married

Etienne DENIS-- Date: 13 January 1817 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Etienne DENIS was the child of Ignace DENIS dit JEAN and Catherine DEFOY

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Children of Etienne DENIS and Marguerite ROCHETTE:

Angele DENIS (b.15 May 1827, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Henri BLANC 26 June 1854 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1797 Birth
26 November 1797
Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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

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

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

She was 19 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Angele DENIS was born 15 May 1827, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Angele DENIS married 26 June 1854, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Henri BLANC

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne DENIS died 26 April 1863, Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.