Basile VEILLEUX

(b. 15 March 1748 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1826 , Beauceville, Lower Canada )

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Basile VEILLEUX was born 15 March 1748 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Basile VEILLEUX was the child of Rene-Augustin VEILLEUX (VERIEUL) and Francoise QUIRION (QUERILLON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas VÉRIEU (VEILLEUX) (VÉRIEUL) and Madeleine DUCHESNE (maternal) Joseph QUIRION (QUERILLON) and Marguerite GIROUX

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

Basile married Marie-Josephe ROY 2 March 1767 in Saint-François-d'Assise, Rigaud-De Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe ROY was born 7 March 1746 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Josephe died 27 December 1827 in Saint-François-d'Assise, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph ROY and Marie-Louise GAGNON.

Basile VEILLEUX died 10 June 1826 in Beauceville, 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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Basile VEILLEUX married

Marie-Josephe ROY-- Date: 2 March 1767 Place: Saint-François-d'Assise, Rigaud-De Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe ROY was the child of Joseph ROY and Marie-Louise GAGNON

Children of Basile VEILLEUX and Marie-Josephe ROY:

Marguerite VEILLEUX (b.25 July 1781, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 October 1824, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste DROUIN 10 February 1805 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1748 Birth
15 March 1748
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Basile VEILLEUX and Marie-Josephe ROY 2 March 1767, Saint-François-d'Assise, Rigaud-De Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

He was 18 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Marguerite VEILLEUX was born 25 July 1781, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Basile was 33 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
Marguerite VEILLEUX married 10 February 1805, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Jean-Baptiste DROUIN

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)