Nicolas PETIT

Born

14 September 1771 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 May 1859 , Deschambault, Canada East

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Augustin PETIT Marie-Josephte GODIN

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Born: 14 September 1771 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Augustin PETIT

Mother: Marie-Josephte GODIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François PETIT , Madeleine-Françoise MATTE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques GODIN , Marie-Charlotte AUGER

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Nicolas married Angélique MARCOTTE 20 August 1799 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique MARCOTTE was born 3 February 1780 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . Angélique died 19 October 1868 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada . Angélique was the child of Joseph-Louis MARCOTTE and Geneviève PAQUIN.

Nicolas PETIT died 14 May 1859 in Deschambault, Canada East .
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Nicolas PETIT married

Angélique MARCOTTE
Marriage date: 20 August 1799
Marriage place: Deschambault, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Angélique MARCOTTE was the child of Joseph-Louis MARCOTTE and Geneviève PAQUIN

Children of Nicolas PETIT and Angélique MARCOTTE

Joseph-David PETIT

Born: abt. 1806, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Flavie GAUTHIER 3 July 1827 Place: Deschambault, 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 — 1771
14 September 1771
Cap-Santé, 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)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas PETIT and Angélique MARCOTTE 20 August 1799, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 27 years old.

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