Michel TURCOTTE

(b. 10 January 1763 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 April 1819 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Michel TURCOTTE was born 10 January 1763 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel TURCOTTE was the child of Basile TURCOTTE and Marie-Elisabeth GUYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Genevieve BOUCHARD dite DORVAL (maternal) Jean GUYON and Marthe BAUCHER

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

Michel married Geneviève DROUIN 13 February 1786 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève DROUIN was born 14 February 1768 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 20 June 1849 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Geneviève was the child of Jacques DROUIN and Marie-Gertrude BAUCHER.

Michel TURCOTTE died 17 April 1819 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel TURCOTTE married

Geneviève DROUIN-- Date: 13 February 1786 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Geneviève DROUIN was the child of Jacques DROUIN and Marie-Gertrude BAUCHER

Children of Michel TURCOTTE and Geneviève DROUIN:

Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE (b.20 August 1790, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1874, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite BLOUIN 22 February 1813 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Françoise TURCOTTE (b.15 June 1804, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 8 October 1894, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada )
m. François GAGNON 28 January 1828 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1763 Birth
10 January 1763
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Michel TURCOTTE and Geneviève DROUIN 13 February 1786, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE was born 20 August 1790, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Michel was 27 years old.

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)

1804 Birth of Child
Françoise TURCOTTE was born 15 June 1804, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Michel was 41 years old.

1813 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE married 22 February 1813, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marguerite BLOUIN

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.