Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS

Born

11 June 1756 , Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

18 November 1827 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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François DEGRAIS dit LANGEVIN Catherine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT

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Born: 11 June 1756 in Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: François DEGRAIS dit LANGEVIN

Mother: Catherine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT

Maternal grandparents: François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT , Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY

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Marie-Antoinette married Augustin BERTHIAUME 11 February 1793 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin BERTHIAUME was born 4 April 1771 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Augustin died 20 February 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Augustin was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Francoise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE.

Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS died 18 November 1827 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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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Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS married

Augustin BERTHIAUME
Marriage date: 11 February 1793
Marriage place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*
Augustin BERTHIAUME was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Francoise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE

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Augustin BERTHIAUME

Born: abt. 1795, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: 8 December 1837, Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Married: Julie BARIBEAU 15 November 1819 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1756
11 June 1756
Nicolet, Canada, New France

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.

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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Antoinette DEGRAIS and Augustin BERTHIAUME 11 February 1793, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

She was 36 years old.

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

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Augustin BERTHIAUME married 15 November 1819, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Julie BARIBEAU

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)