Joseph-Alexis BELANGER

(b. 17 May 1780 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1841 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )

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Joseph-Alexis BELANGER was born 17 May 1780 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Alexis BELANGER was the child of Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Thérèse HARNOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Francois BELANGER and Marie-Louise CARON (maternal) André HARNOIS and Suzanne DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Joseph-Alexis married Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE 13 January 1800 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE was born 20 February 1775 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Marguerite died 13 October 1846 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Francois PLOUFFE and Marie-Brigitte GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS.

Joseph-Alexis BELANGER died 5 March 1841 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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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Joseph-Alexis BELANGER married

Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE-- Date: 13 January 1800 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE was the child of Francois PLOUFFE and Marie-Brigitte GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS

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Children of Joseph-Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE:

Sophie BELANGER (b.2 December 1814, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 28 November 1893, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph RONDEAU 6 October 1835 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1780 Birth
17 May 1780
Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Alexis BELANGER and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE 13 January 1800, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 19 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Sophie BELANGER was born 2 December 1814, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Alexis was 34 years old.

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