Angelique VEILLEUX

(b. 16 July 1752 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1816 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Angelique VEILLEUX was born 16 July 1752 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Angelique VEILLEUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) and Madeleine LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) and Marguerite BUTEAU (maternal) Louis LACROIX and Suzanne LABRECQUE

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

Angelique married Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN 12 February 1776 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 22 November 1754 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre-Antoine was the child of Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY.

Angelique VEILLEUX died 28 February 1816 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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.

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Angelique VEILLEUX married

Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN-- Date: 12 February 1776 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was the child of Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY

Children of Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Angelique VEILLEUX:

Angelique ARPIN dite POTVIN (b.abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Christophe BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE 27 October 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1752 Birth
16 July 1752
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Angelique VEILLEUX and Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN 12 February 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 23 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1800 Marriage of Child
Angelique ARPIN dite POTVIN married 27 October 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Christophe BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE