Marie-Josephe VERTEFEUILLE

Born

10 January 1742 , Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

18 April 1892 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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François VERTEFEUILLE dit LANGLOIS Marguerite DUPUIS dite LAGARENNE

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Born: 10 January 1742 in Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: François VERTEFEUILLE dit LANGLOIS

Mother: Marguerite DUPUIS dite LAGARENNE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DUPUIS dit LA GARENNE , Marie-Madeleine PREVOST

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Marie-Josephe married Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE 10 January 1763 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE was born 20 September 1737 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France. Julien died 22 June 1800 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).

Marie-Josephe VERTEFEUILLE died 18 April 1892 in Nicolet, Québec, 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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Marie-Josephe VERTEFEUILLE married

Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE
Marriage date: 10 January 1763
Marriage place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE and Marie-Josephe VERTEFEUILLE

Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE)

Born: 27 April 1772, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 January 1854, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Pierre BRASSARD 17 February 1794 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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Birth — 1742
10 January 1742
Nicolet, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe VERTEFEUILLE and Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE 10 January 1763, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 21 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE) was born 27 April 1772, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Josephe was 30 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE) married 17 February 1794, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Pierre BRASSARD

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

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julien TRIGANE dit LAFLECHE died 22 June 1800, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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)

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Child
Marie-Louise TRIGANE (TRIGANNE) died 5 January 1854, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Josephe was 112 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.