Pierre DUCHESNEAU

(b. 9 November 1771 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 April 1826 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DUCHESNEAU was born 9 November 1771 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre DUCHESNEAU was the child of Jacques DUCHESNEAU dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Jeanne MORAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUCHESNEAU dit SANSREGRET and Francoise LAUZE (maternal) Charles MORAND and Marie-Marguerite BARBEAU

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

Pierre married Marie-Louise CHARTRE 24 January 1797 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was born abt. 1778 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise FALARDEAU.

Pierre DUCHESNEAU died 5 April 1826 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre DUCHESNEAU married

Marie-Louise CHARTRE-- Date: 24 January 1797 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was the child of Pierre-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise FALARDEAU

Children of Pierre DUCHESNEAU and Marie-Louise CHARTRE:

Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU (b.21 February 1804, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1874, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph BEAUMONT 5 March 1821 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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1771 Birth
9 November 1771
Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DUCHESNEAU and Marie-Louise CHARTRE 24 January 1797, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

He was 25 years old.

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

1804 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU was born 21 February 1804, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

Pierre was 32 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

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne DUCHESNEAU married 5 March 1821, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Joseph BEAUMONT

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

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