Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT

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8 July 1757 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

8 May 1842 , Saint-Jacques, Canada East

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Alexis VAILLANT Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

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Born: 8 July 1757 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Alexis VAILLANT

Mother: Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-René VAILLANT , Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE , Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph DUGAS 8 January 1776 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUGAS was born abt. 1753 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph died 21 July 1843 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Joseph was the child of Claude DUGAS and Marie Josephe MELANSON.

Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT died 8 May 1842 in Saint-Jacques, Canada East .

m. Joseph Dugas, 8 January 1776
L'Assomption, Quebec
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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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Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT married

Joseph DUGAS
Marriage date: 8 January 1776
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DUGAS was the child of Claude DUGAS and Marie Josephe MELANSON

Children of Joseph DUGAS and Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT

Scholastique DUGAS

Born: 23 February 1789, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE 25 June 1810 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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Birth — 1757
8 July 1757
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine VAILLANT and Joseph DUGAS 8 January 1776, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 18 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Scholastique DUGAS was born 23 February 1789, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine was 31 years old.

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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Scholastique DUGAS married 25 June 1810, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Joseph GUILDRY dit LABINE

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

1832 Death of Child
Scholastique DUGAS died 12 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie-Madeleine was 75 years old.

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

Death — 1842
8 May 1842
Saint-Jacques, Canada East
She died at the age of 84.

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