Marguerite BLANCHET

(b. 17 March 1753 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1841 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East )

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Marguerite BLANCHET was born 17 March 1753 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Marguerite BLANCHET was the child of Louis BLANCHET and Marguerite GERBERT dite JALBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BLANCHET and Angélique JOLY (maternal) Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT and Marguerite AUBERTIN

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Marguerite married Louis LEMIEUX 20 January 1779 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LEMIEUX was born 17 June 1741 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis died 28 June 1826 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Louise GAMACHE.

Marguerite BLANCHET died 21 April 1841 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Marguerite BLANCHET married

Louis LEMIEUX-- Date: 20 January 1779 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis LEMIEUX was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Louise GAMACHE

Children of Louis LEMIEUX and Marguerite BLANCHET:

Marguerite LEMIEUX (b.25 February 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre GAGNE 20 June 1803 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1753 Birth
17 March 1753
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BLANCHET and Louis LEMIEUX 20 January 1779, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEMIEUX was born 25 February 1785, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEMIEUX married 20 June 1803, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Pierre GAGNE

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)