Marie-Josephe DROLET

Born

14 March 1745 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

20 August 1825 , La Présentation, Lower Canada

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Jacques DROLET Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN

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Born: 14 March 1745 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques DROLET

Mother: Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DROLET , Geneviève DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: René RHÉAUME , Marie GUYON

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Marie-Josephe married Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL 8 January 1776 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL was born 12 February 1753 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Augustin-Pierre was the child of François ROUSSEL and Marguerite ROY.

Marie-Josephe DROLET died 20 August 1825 in La Présentation, 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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Marie-Josephe DROLET married

Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL
Marriage date: 8 January 1776
Marriage place: Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL was the child of François ROUSSEL and Marguerite ROY

Children of Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL and Marie-Josephe DROLET

Marie-Josephte-Luce ROUSSEL

Born: 16 September 1776, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 August 1848, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Francois-Augustin BOURBEAU 5 February 1798 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1745
14 March 1745
L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DROLET and Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL 8 January 1776, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 30 years old.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte-Luce ROUSSEL was born 16 September 1776, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Josephe was 31 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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte-Luce ROUSSEL married 5 February 1798, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Francois-Augustin BOURBEAU

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

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)