Marie-Veronique LEROUX

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11 May 1772 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

24 August 1844 , L'Islet, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste LEROUX Françoise-Ursule CARON

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Born: 11 May 1772 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LEROUX

Mother: Françoise-Ursule CARON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CARON , Elisabeth LEMIEUX

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Marie-Veronique married Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 October 1790 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 15 June 1766 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Pierre-Francois was the child of Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Elisabeth TONDREAU.

Marie-Veronique LEROUX died 24 August 1844 in L'Islet, Canada East .
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Marie-Veronique LEROUX married

Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT
Marriage date: 4 October 1790
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Elisabeth TONDREAU

Children of Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Veronique LEROUX

Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Born: 28 February 1811, L'Islet, Lower Canada
Died: 8 June 1885, Richmond, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie LAHAIE 21 January 1840 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1772
11 May 1772
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Veronique LEROUX and Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 4 October 1790, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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)

1811 Birth of Child
Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 28 February 1811, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Veronique was 38 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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married 21 January 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie LAHAIE

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)