Louis BOUSQUET

Born

January 3, 1786 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

July 18, 1862 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East

Age: 76

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Antoine BOUSQUET Marthe FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

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Born: January 3, 1786 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine BOUSQUET

Mother: Marthe FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

Paternal grandparents: Claude BOUSQUET , Marie-Marguerite HÉBERT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE , Marthe LEDOUX

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Louis married Marie-Archange PETIT 6 November 1809 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Archange PETIT was born 26 November 1793 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Archange died abt. 1860 in Canada. Marie-Archange was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Louise TOUPIN dite DUSAULT.

Louis BOUSQUET died July 18, 1862 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Archange PETIT
Marriage date: 6 November 1809
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marie-Archange PETIT was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Louise TOUPIN dite DUSAULT

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Children of Louis BOUSQUET and Marie-Archange PETIT

Calixte-Pierre BOUSQUET

Born: June 29, 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: November 23, 1927, Granby, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene RENAUD dite DES LAURIERS 27 April 1857 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

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Birth — 1786
January 3, 1786
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Louis BOUSQUET and Marie-Archange PETIT 6 November 1809 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 23 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

1832 Birth of Child
Calixte-Pierre BOUSQUET was born June 29, 1832, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Louis was 46 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

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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Calixte-Pierre BOUSQUET married 27 April 1857, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Philomene RENAUD dite DES LAURIERS

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser