Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Born

3 July 1740 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

23 February 1821 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

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Born: 3 July 1740 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Parents of Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Father

Charles DUPRAS (DUPRAT)

Mother

Clemence LECLAIR

Grandparents of Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Paternal grandparents

Jean DUPRAS (DUPRAT) Marie-Elisabeth MARCHAND

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) Marguerite PEPIN

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

Charles married Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU 14 January 1766 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU was born 31 January 1746 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . Marie-Charlotte died 7 June 1780 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT.

Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE) died 23 February 1821 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE) married

Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU
Marriage date: 14 January 1766
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

Children of Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU

Alexis PRATTE

Born: abt. 1770,
Died: ,

Married: Marie JAQUES 20 August 1787 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis PRATTE

Born: 9 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 November 1849, Arthabaska, Canada

Joseph PRATTE

Born: 17 March 1775, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 December 1864, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Pierre PRATTE

Born: 2 September 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 June 1855, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT 1 March 1802 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1740
3 July 1740
Trois-Rivières, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU 14 January 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 25 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Alexis PRATTE was born 9 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 32 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Joseph PRATTE was born 17 March 1775, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 34 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Pierre PRATTE was born 2 September 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 36 years old.

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU died 7 June 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Alexis PRATTE married 20 August 1787, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie JAQUES

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Pierre PRATTE married 1 March 1802, Nicolet, Lower Canada to Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT

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 — 1821
23 February 1821
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 80.

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