Charles PAQUET

(b. 6 February 1761 , Montréal, Canada d. 28 December 1831 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Charles PAQUET was born 6 February 1761 in Montréal, Canada

Charles PAQUET was the child of Charles PAQUET and Geneviève VANDANDAIGUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PAQUET and Angélique BOURG (BOURQUE) (maternal) Claude VANDANDAIGUE and Marie BRIDEAU

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Charles married Marie-Josephte BARRETTE 23 April 1786 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte BARRETTE was born 15 August 1764 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 27 July 1826 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean BARRETTE and Josephe-Louise ASSELIN.

Charles PAQUET died 28 December 1831 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada.

m. Barrette Marie-Josephte

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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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Marie-Josephte BARRETTE-- Date: 23 April 1786 Place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte BARRETTE was the child of Jean BARRETTE and Josephe-Louise ASSELIN

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1761 Birth
6 February 1761
Montréal, Canada

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 - 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Charles PAQUET and Marie-Josephte BARRETTE 23 April 1786, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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)

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)