Pierre PRATTE

Born

2 September 1776 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 June 1855 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

Parents & Family of Pierre PRATTE

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Born: 2 September 1776 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Pierre PRATTE

Father

Charles DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Mother

Marie-Charlotte BOURBEAU

Grandparents of Pierre PRATTE

Paternal grandparents

Charles DUPRAS (DUPRAT) Clemence LECLAIR

Maternal grandparents

Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT

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

Pierre married Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT 1 March 1802 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT was born 13 February 1780 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Euphrosine died 22 January 1831 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Euphrosine was the child of Joseph HÉBERT and Madeleine RICHARD.

Pierre PRATTE died 8 June 1855 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre PRATTE

Pierre PRATTE married

Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT
Marriage date: 1 March 1802
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT was the child of Joseph HÉBERT and Madeleine RICHARD

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Children of Pierre PRATTE and Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT

Euphrosine PRATTE

Born: 16 January 1803, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Died: 23 January 1861, St-Calixte, Plessisvile, Canada

Marguerite PRATTE

Born: 25 January 1805, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Pierre PRATTE

Born: 28 November 1806, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Louis PRATTE

Born: abt. 1807, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Antoine PRATTE

Born: 28 December 1808, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 18 January 1862, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East

Olivier PRATTE

Born: 16 October 1810, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 21 June 1888, Princeville, Canada

François-Xavier PRATTE

Born: 10 July 1818, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Joseph PRATTE

Born: 27 December 1821, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 13 November 1902, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, 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 — 1776
2 September 1776
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PRATTE and Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT 1 March 1802, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 25 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Euphrosine PRATTE was born 16 January 1803, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Marguerite PRATTE was born 25 January 1805, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Pierre PRATTE was born 28 November 1806, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Pierre was 30 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Antoine PRATTE was born 28 December 1808, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Pierre was 32 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Olivier PRATTE was born 16 October 1810, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Pierre was 34 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
François-Xavier PRATTE was born 10 July 1818, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Pierre was 41 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Joseph PRATTE was born 27 December 1821, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Pierre was 45 years old.

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)

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

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Euphrosine HÉBERT died 22 January 1831, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

Death — 1855
8 June 1855
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
He died at the age of 78.

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