Françoise BOURGEOIS

(b. 2 July 1802 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 23 March 1877 , Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada )

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Françoise BOURGEOIS was born 2 July 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Françoise BOURGEOIS was the child of Michel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BOURGEOIS and Marguerite RICHARD (maternal) Louis DRAGON dit GUAY and Marguerite CARTIER

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

Françoise married Pierre BOURQUE 5 October 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BOURQUE was born 1 December 1797 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 5 October 1862 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Jean BOURQUE and Marie-Louise DUMAS.

Françoise BOURGEOIS died 23 March 1877 in Sainte-Rosalie, 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.

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Françoise BOURGEOIS married

Pierre BOURQUE-- Date: 5 October 1824 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Pierre BOURQUE was the child of Jean BOURQUE and Marie-Louise DUMAS

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Children of Pierre BOURQUE and Françoise BOURGEOIS:

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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1802 Birth
2 July 1802
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Françoise BOURGEOIS and Pierre BOURQUE 5 October 1824 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 22 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURQUE was born 20 March 1832, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Françoise was 29 years old.

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURQUE married 10 September 1848, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada to Pierre MENARD

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre BOURQUE died 5 October 1862, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

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.