Madeleine BARRETTE

Born

27 November 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

21 October 1848 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Basile BARRETTE Marguerite SIMARD

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Born: 27 November 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Basile BARRETTE

Mother: Marguerite SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BARRETTE (BARET) , Marie-Thérèse FORTIN

Maternal grandparents: François SIMARD , Marguerite GAGNÉ

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Madeleine married Charles FORGUES 31 August 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles FORGUES was born 27 October 1796 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Jean-Michel FORGUES and Helene ROY.

Madeleine BARRETTE died 21 October 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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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Madeleine BARRETTE married

Charles FORGUES
Marriage date: 31 August 1819
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Charles FORGUES was the child of Jean-Michel FORGUES and Helene ROY

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Flavien FORGUES

Born: 8 May 1829, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Zoe TRUDEL 7 February 1853 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1798
27 November 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BARRETTE and Charles FORGUES 31 August 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 years old.

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)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Flavien FORGUES was born 8 May 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 30 years old.

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)