François LÉCUYER

Born

29 June 1752 , Grondines, Canada, New France

Died

19 January 1842 , Saint-Dominique, Canada East

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Antoine LÉCUYER dit GUILLET Marie-Madeleine DUBORD dite CLERMONT LAFONTAINE

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Born: 29 June 1752 in Grondines, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine LÉCUYER dit GUILLET

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DUBORD dite CLERMONT LAFONTAINE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine LÉCUYER , Marguerite GAILLOUX (GAILLOU)

Maternal grandparents: Charles DUBORD dit CLERMONT , Marie RIPAULT

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François married Marie-Josephe LEDOUX 13 October 1794 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe LEDOUX was born 25 March 1769 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe died 1 January 1848 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe was the child of Amable LEDOUX and Louise GRIGNON.

François LÉCUYER died 19 January 1842 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East .

m. Marie Josephe Ledoux, 13 October 1794
Bas-Canada, St-François-Xavier, Verchères

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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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François LÉCUYER married

Marie-Josephe LEDOUX
Marriage date: 13 October 1794
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe LEDOUX was the child of Amable LEDOUX and Louise GRIGNON

Children of François LÉCUYER and Marie-Josephe LEDOUX

Jean LECUYER (L'ECUYER)

Born: 21 September 1804, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie ROBITAILLE 13 February 1827 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1752
29 June 1752
Grondines, 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.

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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
François LÉCUYER and Marie-Josephe LEDOUX 13 October 1794, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 42 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Birth of Child
Jean LECUYER (L'ECUYER) was born 21 September 1804, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

François was 52 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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Jean LECUYER (L'ECUYER) married 13 February 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie ROBITAILLE

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

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