Francois CARDINAL

Born

abt. 1761 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

7 February 1829 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jacques CARDINAL Marie-Brigitte COUSINEAU

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Born: abt. 1761 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jacques CARDINAL

Mother: Marie-Brigitte COUSINEAU

Paternal grandparents: François CARDINAL , Marie-Josephte MELOCHE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Noel COUSINEAU , Marie-Louise DIONET

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Francois married Therese LEGAULT 10 February 1783 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese LEGAULT was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese died 5 July 1844 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEGAULT and Catherine CAMPEAU.

Francois CARDINAL died 7 February 1829 in Pointe-Claire, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Francois CARDINAL married

Therese LEGAULT
Marriage date: 10 February 1783
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese LEGAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEGAULT and Catherine CAMPEAU

Children of Francois CARDINAL and Therese LEGAULT

Marguerite CARDINAL

Born: 29 September 1801, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin VIAU 17 February 1817 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Francois CARDINAL and Therese LEGAULT 10 February 1783, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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 Birth of Child
Marguerite CARDINAL was born 29 September 1801, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CARDINAL married 17 February 1817, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Augustin VIAU

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)