Charles-Amable DROUIN

Born

12 June 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

17 December 1823 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Pierre DROUIN Marie-Madeleine DEBLOIS

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Born: 12 June 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DROUIN

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DEBLOIS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DROUIN , Louise LÉTOURNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Germain DEBLOIS , Marie DUPONT

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Charles-Amable married Marie-Helene PERREAULT 4 February 1771 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Helene PERREAULT was born 21 November 1750 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Helene died 10 August 1830 in Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada. Marie-Helene was the child of Joseph PERRAULT and Marie-Charlotte BLOUIN.

Charles-Amable DROUIN died 17 December 1823 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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.

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Charles-Amable DROUIN married

Marie-Helene PERREAULT
Marriage date: 4 February 1771
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Helene PERREAULT was the child of Joseph PERRAULT and Marie-Charlotte BLOUIN

Children of Charles-Amable DROUIN and Marie-Helene PERREAULT

Jean-Baptiste DROUIN

Born: 26 January 1782, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite VEILLEUX 10 February 1805 Place: Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1745
12 June 1745
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Charles-Amable DROUIN and Marie-Helene PERREAULT 4 February 1771, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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.

1782 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROUIN was born 26 January 1782, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Charles-Amable was 36 years old.

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)

1805 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROUIN married 10 February 1805, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Marguerite VEILLEUX

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