Marguerite TURCOTTE

(b. 17 December 1786 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 February 1867 , Québec, Canada East )

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Marguerite TURCOTTE was born 17 December 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite TURCOTTE was the child of Francois TURCOTTE and Josephte EMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TURCOTTE and Marie-Marguerite GENDRON (maternal) Louis EMOND and Josephte BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

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

Marguerite married Jean BLOUIN 12 February 1810 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean BLOUIN was born 29 July 1776 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Jean died 2 November 1845 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Jean was the child of Jean BLOUIN and Charlotte LESCABIETTE.

Marguerite TURCOTTE died 21 February 1867 in Québec, Canada East .
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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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Marguerite TURCOTTE married

Jean BLOUIN-- Date: 12 February 1810 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Jean BLOUIN was the child of Jean BLOUIN and Charlotte LESCABIETTE

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Children of Jean BLOUIN and Marguerite TURCOTTE:

Jean BLOUIN (b.abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Emelie MARCEAU 3 October 1843 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Francois BLOUIN (b.abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Mathilde MARCOTTE 14 August 1848 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Cecile BLOUIN (b.18 March 1825, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1884, Laurierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois BLOUIN 11 February 1851 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1786 Birth
17 December 1786
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite TURCOTTE and Jean BLOUIN 12 February 1810, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Cecile BLOUIN was born 18 March 1825, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite was 38 years old.

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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Jean BLOUIN married 3 October 1843, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Emelie MARCEAU

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean BLOUIN died 2 November 1845, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

1848 Marriage of Child
Francois BLOUIN married 14 August 1848 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Mathilde MARCOTTE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Cecile BLOUIN married 11 February 1851 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Francois BLOUIN

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 Death
21 February 1867
Québec, Canada East

She died at the age of 80.