François FRADET

(b. 20 October 1759 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1834 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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François FRADET was born 20 October 1759 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

François FRADET was the child of Jean-François FRADET and Marie-Madeleine COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN (maternal) Pierre COUTURE and Marguerite BOUFFARD

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François married Marie-Josephte LACROIX 11 October 1779 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte LACROIX was born 15 August 1758 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 9 December 1832 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN.

François FRADET died 26 April 1834 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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François FRADET married

Marie-Josephte LACROIX-- Date: 11 October 1779 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte LACROIX was the child of Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN

Children of François FRADET and Marie-Josephte LACROIX:

François FRADET (b.5 September 1780, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 May 1852, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East)
m. Marie PALARDY 13 February 1809 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Rosalie FRADET (b.abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste MORIN 9 November 1801 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Nicolas FREDET (b.28 February 1795, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Esther HEBERT 10 January 1826 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1759 Birth
20 October 1759
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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
François FRADET and Marie-Josephte LACROIX 11 October 1779, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
François FRADET was born 5 September 1780, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

François was 20 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)

1795 Birth of Child
Nicolas FREDET was born 28 February 1795, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

François was 35 years old.

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Rosalie FRADET married 9 November 1801, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Jean-Baptiste MORIN

1809 Marriage of Child
François FRADET married 13 February 1809, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) to Marie PALARDY

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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Nicolas FREDET married 10 January 1826, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Esther HEBERT

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England