Charles COUILLARD

(b. 30 April 1733 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1819 , Beaumont, Lower Canada )

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Charles COUILLARD was born 30 April 1733 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Charles COUILLARD was the child of Charles-Marie COUILLARD and Marie-Françoise COUTURE dite BELLERIVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles COUILLARD and Marie PASQUIER DE FRANCLIEU (maternal) Eustache COUTURE dit BELLERIVE and Marie-Françoise HUARD

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Charles married Marie-Francoise BOILARD 7 January 1757 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Francoise BOILARD was born abt. 1737 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Francoise died 3 November 1807 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Francoise was the child of Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Charles COUILLARD died 15 October 1819 in Beaumont, Lower Canada .

m. Boilard Marie-Francoise

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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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Charles COUILLARD married

Marie-Francoise BOILARD-- Date: 7 January 1757 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Marie-Francoise BOILARD was the child of Mathurin BOILARD and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Francoise BOILARD:

Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT (b.19 November 1757, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1799, Beaumont, Lower Canada )
m. Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 23 January 1781 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Françoise COUILLARD (b.25 June 1760, Beaumont, Canada d. , )
m. Nicolas LAFONTAINE 29 January 1781 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Charlotte COUILLARD dite BEAUMONT (b.18 April 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 December 1805, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LACASSE 18 October 1785 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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1733 Birth
30 April 1733
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Francoise BOILARD 7 January 1757, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 23 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT was born 19 November 1757, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Charles was 24 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise COUILLARD was born 25 June 1760, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Charles was 27 years old.

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Charlotte COUILLARD dite BEAUMONT was born 18 April 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 32 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT married 23 January 1781, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Francoise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise COUILLARD married 29 January 1781, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Nicolas LAFONTAINE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Charlotte COUILLARD dite BEAUMONT married 18 October 1785, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Jean-Baptiste LACASSE

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

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

1799 Death of Child
Charles COUILLARD dit DEBEAUMONT died 12 March 1799, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Charles was 65 years old.

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

1805 Death of Child
Charlotte COUILLARD dite BEAUMONT died 30 December 1805, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Charles was 72 years old.

1807 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Francoise BOILARD died 3 November 1807, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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.

1819 Death
15 October 1819
Beaumont, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 86.

Added: 4/15/2019 10:19:13 AM - Updated: 6/9/2025 1:12:16 PM