Marguerite ROCHETTE

Born

26 November 1797 , Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Died

13 April 1868 , Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Canada

Parents & Family of Marguerite ROCHETTE

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Born: 26 November 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Parents of Marguerite ROCHETTE

Father

Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE

Mother

Geneviève HAMEL

Grandparents of Marguerite ROCHETTE

Paternal grandparents

Thierry ROGNON dit ROCHETTE Marie-Josephe LEVEILLE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre HAMEL 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, Province of 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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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite ROCHETTE

Marguerite ROCHETTE married

Etienne DENIS
Marriage date: 13 January 1817
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Etienne DENIS was the child of Ignace DENIS dit JEAN and Catherine DEFOY

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 — 1797
26 November 1797
Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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

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

She was 19 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

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, Canada East 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.