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flag male ancestor  Joseph-Ignace  LEFRANCOIS

Born
14 August 1792 Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Died
August 1861 Matane, Canada East
Joseph-Ignace  married  Marie-Angele GAGNE 13 August 1831 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angele GAGNE  was born 12 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  Marie-Angele was the child of Joseph GAGNE and Marie PARÉ .

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Joseph-Ignace  married  Marie-Angele GAGNE 13 August 1831 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angele GAGNE  was born 12 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  Marie-Angele was the child of Joseph GAGNE and Marie PARÉ.

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Ignace LEFRANCOIS

Joseph-Ignace LEFRANCOIS married flag female ancestor Marie-Angele GAGNE
Marriage date: 13 August 1831
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Marie-Angele GAGNE was the child of Joseph GAGNE and Marie PARÉ



Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph-Ignace LEFRANCOIS and Marie-Angele GAGNE


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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1792
14 August 1792
Château-Richer, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Ignace LEFRANCOIS and Marie-Angele GAGNE 13 August 1831, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 39 years old.
1836 Birth of Child
Joseph LEFRANCOIS was born 14 April 1836, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Joseph-Ignace was 43 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1857 Marriage of Child
Joseph LEFRANCOIS married 13 January 1857, Matane, Canada East to Caroline DICKEN (DECAEN)
DeathDeath — 1861
August 1861
Matane, Canada East
He died at the age of 69.
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