Francis
PAQUETTE
Born
27 March 1826
,
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
Died
19 December 1887
,
L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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Born: 27 March 1826 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
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Francis married Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTE 24 January 1848 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTE was born 22 March 1829 in Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Therese died 1 December 1903 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
Francis PAQUETTE died 19 December 1887 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Francis PAQUETTE
Francis PAQUETTE married 
Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTE
Marriage date: 24 January 1848
Marriage place: L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTEMarriage date: 24 January 1848
Marriage place: L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Children of Francis PAQUETTE and Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTE
Helene PAQUETTEBorn: abt. 1855, , Canada West
Died: abt. 1930,
Died: abt. 1930,
Married: Théophile LACOMBE 25 October 1880
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Birth — 182627 March 1826
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1848 Marriage / PartnerFrancis PAQUETTE and Marie-Therese SAUVE dite LAPLANTE 24 January 1848, L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
He was 21 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
Death — 188719 December 1887
L'Orignal, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 61.
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