flag female ancestor  Marie-Marguerite  BENOIT

  (b. 31 December 1793 Saint-Ours, Lower Canada   d. 17 April 1862 Saint-Ours, Canada East )  

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Marie-Marguerite BENOIT was born 31 December 1793 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Marie-Marguerite BENOIT was the child of Pierre BENOIT   and   Marie-Madeleine MATHIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude BENOIT and Anne Helene GIROUARD (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU and Madeleine-Angélique PERRAULT

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Marie-Marguerite  married  Jean-Baptiste PROULX 28 September 1812 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .  Jean-Baptiste PROULX  was born 4 September 1791 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Jean-Baptiste died 3 August 1843 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of François PROULX and Rosalie GAUDET.

Marie-Marguerite BENOIT died 17 April 1862 in Saint-Ours, Canada East .





m. Proulx Jean-Baptiste


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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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Marie-Marguerite BENOIT married flag male ancestor Jean-Baptiste PROULX-- Date: 28 September 1812 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was the child of François PROULX and Rosalie GAUDET




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birth1793 Birth
31 December 1793
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
marriage1812 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite BENOIT and Jean-Baptiste PROULX 28 September 1812, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 18 years old.
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
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste PROULX died 3 August 1843, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
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.
death1862 Death
17 April 1862
Saint-Ours, Canada East

She died at the age of 68.
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