Pierre MOREL

(b. 20 October 1766 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1831 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Pierre MOREL was born 20 October 1766 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre MOREL was the child of Antoine MOREL and Marie-Louise GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN (maternal) Raphael GAGNON and Marie-Louise CLOUTIER

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

Pierre married Louise BARRETTE 22 July 1794 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise BARRETTE was born 26 August 1771 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Louise died 6 June 1826 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of François BARRETTE and Agnes POULIN.

Pierre MOREL died 22 December 1831 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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Pierre MOREL married

Louise BARRETTE-- Date: 22 July 1794 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Louise BARRETTE was the child of François BARRETTE and Agnes POULIN

Children of Pierre MOREL and Louise BARRETTE:

Marie-Louise MOREL (b.6 April 1797, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Isaac TREMBLAY 11 February 1817 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Jerome MOREL (b.abt. 1816, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Marthe BREAU (BRAULT) 4 October 1836 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

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1766 Birth
20 October 1766
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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)

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MOREL and Louise BARRETTE 22 July 1794, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 27 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MOREL was born 6 April 1797, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Pierre was 30 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise MOREL married 11 February 1817, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Isaac TREMBLAY

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