Christophe BOUSQUET

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8 March 1746 , Varennes, Canada, New France

Died

29 July 1824 , Varennes, Lower Canada

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Claude BOUSQUET Marie-Marguerite HÉBERT

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Born: 8 March 1746 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Father: Claude BOUSQUET

Mother: Marie-Marguerite HÉBERT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOUSQUET , Marie-Anne BANLIER dite LAPERLE (BONELISSE)

Maternal grandparents: Joseph HÉBERT , Marguerite GIRARD

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Christophe married Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) 18 June 1770 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) was born abt. 1753 in Canada. Marie died 5 January 1785 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie was the child of Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie VINCELET dite LABOSSIERE.

Christophe BOUSQUET died 29 July 1824 in Varennes, 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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Christophe BOUSQUET married

Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)
Marriage date: 18 June 1770
Marriage place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) was the child of Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie VINCELET dite LABOSSIERE

Children of Christophe BOUSQUET and Marie PROVOST (PREVOST)

Joseph BOUSQUET

Born: 11 July 1775, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Anne LEVASSEUR 3 August 1795 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Birth — 1746
8 March 1746
Varennes, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Christophe BOUSQUET and Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) 18 June 1770, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 24 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Joseph BOUSQUET was born 11 July 1775, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Christophe was 29 years old.

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)

1785 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie PROVOST (PREVOST) died 5 January 1785, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOUSQUET married 3 August 1795, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie Anne LEVASSEUR

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

Death — 1824
29 July 1824
Varennes, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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