Francois MELOCHE

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19 June 1752 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Died

2 July 1831 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Marie MELOCHE Marguerite PICARD

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Born: 19 June 1752 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Marie MELOCHE

Mother: Marguerite PICARD

Paternal grandparents: François MELOCHE , Marie MOUFLET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Gabriel PICARD , Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN

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Francois married Francoise DUFOUR 16 February 1778 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise DUFOUR was born 19 August 1759 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Francoise died 28 December 1831 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Francoise was the child of Joseph-Charles DUFOUR dit LATOUR and Marie-Francoise DROUIN.

Francois MELOCHE died 2 July 1831 in Montréal, 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.

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Francois MELOCHE married

Francoise DUFOUR
Marriage date: 16 February 1778
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise DUFOUR was the child of Joseph-Charles DUFOUR dit LATOUR and Marie-Francoise DROUIN

Children of Francois MELOCHE and Francoise DUFOUR

Francoise MELOCHE

Born: 20 April 1780, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 29 August 1832, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Married: Louis PRESSEAU dit GAUTHIER 23 November 1801 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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Birth — 1752
19 June 1752
Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Francois MELOCHE and Francoise DUFOUR 16 February 1778, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Francoise MELOCHE was born 20 April 1780, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Francois was 27 years old.

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)

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Francoise MELOCHE married 23 November 1801, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Louis PRESSEAU dit GAUTHIER

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)