Etienne DUQUET

Born

13 February 1777 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 April 1854 , Lacolle, Canada East

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Etienne DUQUET Catherine-Amable SURPRENANT

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Born: 13 February 1777 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne DUQUET

Mother: Catherine-Amable SURPRENANT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUQUET , Ursule MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SUPRENANT (SURPRENANT) , Marie-Anne MARCIL (MARSIL)

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Etienne married Josephte DUQUET 22 November 1802 in Lacolle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte DUQUET was born 13 September 1782 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Josephte died 20 February 1867 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle). Josephte was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Angélique BABEU.

Etienne DUQUET died 12 April 1854 in Lacolle, Canada East .
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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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Josephte DUQUET
Marriage date: 22 November 1802
Marriage place: Lacolle, Lower Canada
Josephte DUQUET was the child of Andre DUQUET and Marie-Angélique BABEU

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Children of Etienne DUQUET and Josephte DUQUET

Jean-Baptiste DUQUETTE

Born: 5 September 1807, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Apolline LAVOIE 10 August 1836 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1777
13 February 1777
La Prairie, 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
Etienne DUQUET and Josephte DUQUET 22 November 1802, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

He was 25 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUQUETTE was born 5 September 1807, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Etienne was 30 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUQUETTE married 10 August 1836, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Apolline LAVOIE

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.