Marie BELLET (BLET)

Born

30 January 1767 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

4 November 1820 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marie BELLET (BLET)

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Grandparents

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Born: 30 January 1767 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marie BELLET (BLET)

Father

Pierre-Antoine BELLET (BLET) GAZAILLE

Mother

Marie-Angélique VANDAL

Grandparents of Marie BELLET (BLET)

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE Angélique NIQUET

Maternal grandparents

François VANDAL Marie-Antoinette RIPAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) 30 January 1786 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) was born 23 March 1766 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . René-Philippe was the child of René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE.

Marie BELLET (BLET) died 4 November 1820 in Sorel, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie BELLET (BLET)

Marie BELLET (BLET) married

René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN)
Marriage date: 30 January 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) was the child of René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE

Children of René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) and Marie BELLET (BLET)

Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN

Born: 1 April 1795, Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Athanase THIBAULT 3 October 1814 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 14 March 1823 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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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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Birth — 1767
30 January 1767
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie BELLET (BLET) and René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) 30 January 1786, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 19 years old.

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
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN was born 1 April 1795, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie was 28 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN married 3 October 1814, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada to Athanase THIBAULT

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.