Louis BROSSEAU

Born

20 December 1775 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

11 April 1830 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Louis BROSSEAU Marie-Louise FRECHETTE

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Born: 20 December 1775 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis BROSSEAU

Mother: Marie-Louise FRECHETTE

Paternal grandparents: François BROSSEAU , Marie-Josephte-Suzanne LEBER

Maternal grandparents: Étienne FRECHETTE , Marie-Anne GUILLOT

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Louis married Archange BOURASSA 30 January 1797 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Archange BOURASSA was born abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada. Archange died 11 March 1799 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Archange was the child of François-Marie BOURASSA and Agnès LEFEBVRE.

Louis BROSSEAU died 11 April 1830 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

m. Bourassa Archange
m. Dupuis Marguerite

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Archange BOURASSA
Marriage date: 30 January 1797
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Archange BOURASSA was the child of François-Marie BOURASSA and Agnès LEFEBVRE

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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 — 1775
20 December 1775
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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Louis BROSSEAU and Archange BOURASSA 30 January 1797, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 21 years old.

1799 Death of Spouse/Partner
Archange BOURASSA died 11 March 1799, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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