François BABEU

Born

12 March 1748 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

3 June 1819 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of François BABEU

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Born: 12 March 1748 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Parents of François BABEU

Father

François-Xavier BABEU

Mother

Marie-Marguerite POUPART

Grandparents of François BABEU

Paternal grandparents

Andre BABEU Marie-Anne ROY

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste POUPARD (POUPART) Marguerite PATENAUDE

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

François married Angélique GIROUX 4 February 1771 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique GIROUX was born 25 October 1747 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Angélique died 21 January 1810 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Angélique TESSIER.

François BABEU died 3 June 1819 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

Alternate birth
12 March 1736
Laprairie, Montreal, Canada, New France

Alternate death
26 December 1823
12 March 1736
Laprairie, Montreal, Canada

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François BABEU

François BABEU married

Angélique GIROUX
Marriage date: 4 February 1771
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique GIROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Angélique TESSIER

Children of François BABEU and Angélique GIROUX

Josephte BABEU

Born: abt. 1771, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis PAQUET 20 June 1803 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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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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Birth — 1748
12 March 1748
La Prairie, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
François BABEU and Angélique GIROUX 4 February 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 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)

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Josephte BABEU married 20 June 1803, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Alexis PAQUET

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique GIROUX died 21 January 1810, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

Death — 1819
3 June 1819
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 71.

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