Jean BOURQUE

(b. abt. 1770 , Canada d. 10 November 1839 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean BOURQUE was born abt. 1770 in Canada

Jean BOURQUE was the child of Charles BOURG and Anne RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham BOURG LE JEUNE and Marie DUGAS (maternal) Joseph RICHARD and Anne BASTARACHE

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Jean married Marie-Louise DUMAS 23 September 1793 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DUMAS was born abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre DUMAS and Perrine-Charlotte BOUTIN.

Jean BOURQUE died 10 November 1839 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean BOURQUE married

Marie-Louise DUMAS-- Date: 23 September 1793 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise DUMAS was the child of Pierre DUMAS and Perrine-Charlotte BOUTIN

Children of Jean BOURQUE and Marie-Louise DUMAS:

Pierre BOURQUE (b.1 December 1797, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 5 October 1862, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East)
m. Françoise BOURGEOIS 5 October 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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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)

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

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

1793 Marriage / Partner
Jean BOURQUE and Marie-Louise DUMAS 23 September 1793 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1797 Birth of Child
Pierre BOURQUE was born 1 December 1797, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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)

1824 Marriage of Child
Pierre BOURQUE married 5 October 1824 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Françoise BOURGEOIS

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