Angelique MERCIER

(b. 4 June 1749 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1820 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Angelique MERCIER was born 4 June 1749 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Angelique MERCIER was the child of Augustin MERCIER and Marie-Anne JOLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MERCIER and Marie-Madeleine GAGNE (maternal) Vital JOLY and Marie JINCHEREAU

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Angelique married Augustin BLAIS 7 October 1765 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 17 children.
Augustin BLAIS was born 14 June 1739 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Augustin died 24 August 1823 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Augustin was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marguerite ROY.

Angelique MERCIER died 1 September 1820 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada .

m. Blais Augustin

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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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Angelique MERCIER married

Augustin BLAIS-- Date: 7 October 1765 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin BLAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marguerite ROY

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Children of Augustin BLAIS and Angelique MERCIER:

Augustin BLAIS (b.16 August 1766, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 December 1836, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS (b.15 December 1767, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 March 1851, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East )

Angelique BLAIS (b.11 October 1769, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 July 1859, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East )

Marie-Desanges BLAIS (b.31 October 1769, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne BLAIS (b.1 December 1772, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS (b.4 May 1774, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 November 1869, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada )

Charlotte BLAIS (b.8 June 1775, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 August 1863, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )

Francois BLAIS (b.abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marguerite BLAIS (b.21 January 1779, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Francoise BLAIS (b.14 April 1780, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 February 1846, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East)

Joseph BLAIS (b.29 April 1781, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Marthe BLAIS (b.18 July 1782, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 May 1872, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )

Agathe BLAIS (b.3 August 1784, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1873, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 13 January 1818 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis BLAIS (b.27 July 1785, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 December 1870, St-Anselme Dorchester, Québec, Canada)

Andre BLAIS (b.23 February 1787, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 February 1868, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada )

Michel BLAIS (b.6 August 1788, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Lazare BLAIS (b.21 May 1792, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada d. , )

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1749 Birth
4 June 1749
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Angelique MERCIER and Augustin BLAIS 7 October 1765 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

She was 16 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Augustin BLAIS was born 16 August 1766, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 17 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 15 December 1767, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 18 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Angelique BLAIS was born 11 October 1769, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 20 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges BLAIS was born 31 October 1769, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 20 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 1 December 1772, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 23 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 4 May 1774, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 24 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Charlotte BLAIS was born 8 June 1775, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 26 years old.

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.

1779 Birth of Child
Marguerite BLAIS was born 21 January 1779, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 29 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise BLAIS was born 14 April 1780, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Angelique was 30 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Joseph BLAIS was born 29 April 1781, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Angelique was 31 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Marthe BLAIS was born 18 July 1782, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 33 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Agathe BLAIS was born 3 August 1784, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Angelique was 35 years old.

1785 Birth of Child
Louis BLAIS was born 27 July 1785, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Angelique was 36 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Andre BLAIS was born 23 February 1787, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 37 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Michel BLAIS was born 6 August 1788, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 39 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Lazare BLAIS was born 21 May 1792, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Angelique was 42 years old.

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

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Agathe BLAIS married 13 January 1818, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph TREMBLAY