flag female ancestor  Marguerite  PLANTE

  (b. 8 August 1817 Yamaska, Lower Canada   d. 5 September 1867 Saint-David, Canada East )  

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Marguerite PLANTE was born 8 August 1817 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marguerite PLANTE was the child of Ambroise PLANTE   and   Marie-Marguerite COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Paul PLANTE and Marie-Madeleine HUS COURNOYER (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER and Marie DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

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Marguerite  married  Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD 25 February 1840 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD  was born 21 February 1816 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre BLANCHARD and Archange CARTIER.

Marguerite PLANTE died 5 September 1867 in Saint-David, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1817 Birth
8 August 1817
Yamaska, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1840 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PLANTE and Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD 25 February 1840, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 22 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Birth of Child
Marie Edesse BLANCHARD was born 31 March 1842, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Marguerite was 24 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1848 Birth of Child
Joseph BLANCHARD was born 29 September 1848, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 31 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1862 Marriage of Child
Marie Edesse BLANCHARD married 21 October 1862, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to François LACHAPELLE
death1867 Death
5 September 1867
Saint-David, Canada East

She died at the age of 50.
Added: 3/3/2010 8:12:14 PM - Updated: 9/20/2015 10:58:06 AM

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