Marguerite PROVENCHER

Born

15 September 1783 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 November 1827 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph PROVENCHER Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)

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Born: 15 September 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph PROVENCHER

Mother: Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)

Paternal grandparents: Louis PROVENCHER , Marie-Anne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

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Marguerite married Jean-Louis PICHE 16 July 1804 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Louis PICHE was born 18 September 1772 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Jean-Louis died 18 May 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Jean-Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste PICHE and Marie-Thérèse LANGLOIS.

Marguerite PROVENCHER died 25 November 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Spouse & Children of Marguerite PROVENCHER

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Marguerite PROVENCHER married

Jean-Louis PICHE
Marriage date: 16 July 1804
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean-Louis PICHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PICHE and Marie-Thérèse LANGLOIS

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Children of Jean-Louis PICHE and Marguerite PROVENCHER

Joseph PICHE

Born: 29 April 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 20 September 1888, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie BLACKBURN 10 August 1850 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1783
15 September 1783
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PROVENCHER and Jean-Louis PICHE 16 July 1804, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 20 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph PICHE was born 29 April 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite 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