flag male ancestor  Pierre  BOURQUE

  (b. 1 December 1797 Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada   d. 5 October 1862 Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East )  

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Pierre BOURQUE was born 1 December 1797 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Pierre BOURQUE was the child of Jean BOURQUE   and   Marie-Louise DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles BOURG and Anne RICHARD (maternal)  Pierre DUMAS and Perrine-Charlotte BOUTIN

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Pierre  married  Françoise BOURGEOIS 5 October 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BOURGEOIS  was born 2 July 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur).  Françoise died 23 March 1877 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada.  Françoise was the child of Michel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY.

Pierre BOURQUE died 5 October 1862 in Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East.
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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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Pierre BOURQUE married flag female ancestor Françoise BOURGEOIS-- Date: 5 October 1824  Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Françoise BOURGEOIS was the child of Michel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY




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Children of Pierre BOURQUE and Françoise BOURGEOIS:

flag female ancestor Marguerite BOURQUE (b.20 March 1832, La Présentation, Lower Canada   d. , )
m. Pierre MENARD 10 September 1848 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada



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birth1797 Birth
1 December 1797
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
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
marriage1824 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOURQUE and Françoise BOURGEOIS 5 October 1824 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURQUE was born 20 March 1832, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Pierre was 34 years old.
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)
marriage1848 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURQUE married 10 September 1848, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada to Pierre MENARD
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
5 October 1862
Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East

He died at the age of 64.
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