flag female ancestor  Madeleine  PRINCE

  (b. 2 September 1783 Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 9 April 1849 Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East )  

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Madeleine PRINCE was born 2 September 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine PRINCE was the child of Charles-Amand PRINCE (LEPRINCE)   and   Marie BABINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) and Isabelle FOREST (maternal)  Charles BABINEAU dit DESLAURIERS and Cécile COMEAU

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Madeleine  married  Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 22 February 1813 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU  was born 27 July 1789 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph).  Augustin was the child of Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Charlotte SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR.

Madeleine PRINCE died 9 April 1849 in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East .





m. Fontaine Augustin
m. Hamel Augustin


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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine PRINCE married flag male ancestor Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU-- Date: 22 February 1813  Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Charlotte SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR




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birth1783 Birth
2 September 1783
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1813 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PRINCE and Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 22 February 1813 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 29 years old.
1814 Birth of Child
Marie FONTAINE was born 25 February 1814, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Madeleine was 30 years old.
1815 Birth of Child
David FONTAINE dit PÉRIGNY was born 27 October 1815, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Madeleine was 32 years old.
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
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
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)
death1849 Death
9 April 1849
Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East

She died at the age of 65.
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