Marie RENY dite FOURRE

(b. 31 January 1786 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1875 , Lambton, Québec, Canada )

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Marie RENY dite FOURRE was born 31 January 1786 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie RENY dite FOURRE was the child of Charles RENY dit FOURRE and Josephte CAUCHY dite LACOUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Rene FOURRE dit RENY and Madeleine-Angelique CRÊSTE (CRÊTE) (maternal) Albert-Guilain CAUCHY DE LACOUTURE and Josephte RATTÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Jean-Marie OUELLET 24 January 1809 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie OUELLET was born 20 May 1789 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie died 9 October 1823 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Jean-Marie was the child of Jean-Marie OUELLET and Angélique MALENFANT.

Marie RENY dite FOURRE died 19 October 1875 in Lambton, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie RENY dite FOURRE married

Jean-Marie OUELLET-- Date: 24 January 1809 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Jean-Marie OUELLET was the child of Jean-Marie OUELLET and Angélique MALENFANT

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Children of Jean-Marie OUELLET and Marie RENY dite FOURRE:

Helene OUELLET (b.15 October 1819, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis GRENIER 5 July 1843 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1786 Birth
31 January 1786
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Marie RENY dite FOURRE and Jean-Marie OUELLET 24 January 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Helene OUELLET was born 15 October 1819, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie was 33 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Marie OUELLET died 9 October 1823, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Helene OUELLET married 5 July 1843, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce) to Louis GRENIER

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.