Victoire BOIS

(b. 10 September 1768 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 March 1864 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East )

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Victoire BOIS was born 10 September 1768 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Victoire BOIS was the child of Basile BOIS and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ (maternal) Alexandre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne CHOUINARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Victoire married Louis-Vincent PLOURDE 21 August 1787 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis-Vincent PLOURDE was born 16 March 1765 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Louis-Vincent died 11 November 1854 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas). Louis-Vincent was the child of Pierre-François PLOURDE and Louise-Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Victoire BOIS died 18 March 1864 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East .
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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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Victoire BOIS married

Louis-Vincent PLOURDE-- Date: 21 August 1787 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis-Vincent PLOURDE was the child of Pierre-François PLOURDE and Louise-Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Children of Louis-Vincent PLOURDE and Victoire BOIS:

Vincent PLOURDE (b.2 February 1789, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 June 1870, St-Medard, Warwick, Canada)
m. Geneviève HOUDE 1 August 1814 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Timothée PLOURDE (b.5 February 1796, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 8 August 1847, Tingwick, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte HOUDE dite LECLERC 2 July 1821 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1768 Birth
10 September 1768
La Pocatière, 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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Victoire BOIS and Louis-Vincent PLOURDE 21 August 1787, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 18 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Vincent PLOURDE was born 2 February 1789, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Victoire was 20 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Birth of Child
Timothée PLOURDE was born 5 February 1796, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Victoire was 27 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Vincent PLOURDE married 1 August 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Geneviève HOUDE

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Timothée PLOURDE married 2 July 1821, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josephte HOUDE dite LECLERC

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

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)