Pierre PRINCE

(b. 24 March 1749 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 13 January 1826 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Pierre PRINCE was born 24 March 1749 in Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre PRINCE was the child of Joseph LEPRINCE and Marie Anne FOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LEPRINCE and Jeanne BLANCHARD (maternal) René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS

Pierre was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marie BERGERON 16 January 1775 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie BERGERON was born 25 June 1755 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie died 12 March 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie was the child of Pierre Nantes BERGERON and Marguerite BOURG.

Pierre PRINCE died 13 January 1826 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Pierre PRINCE

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Pierre PRINCE married

Marie BERGERON-- Date: 16 January 1775 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie BERGERON was the child of Pierre Nantes BERGERON and Marguerite BOURG

Children of Pierre PRINCE and Marie BERGERON:

Isidore-Theodore PRINCE (b.3 October 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Judith GAGNON 11 February 1811 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

Louis PRINCE (b.24 November 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 11 November 1866, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East)
m. Marie-Angelique PRINCE 30 March 1818 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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1749 Birth
24 March 1749
Port Royal, Acadia

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PRINCE and Marie BERGERON 16 January 1775, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1785 Birth of Child
Isidore-Theodore PRINCE was born 3 October 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Louis PRINCE was born 24 November 1793, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Pierre was 44 years old.

1799 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BERGERON died 12 March 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Isidore-Theodore PRINCE married 11 February 1811 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand) to Judith GAGNON

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Louis PRINCE married 30 March 1818, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Marie-Angelique PRINCE

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)

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