François PROULX

(b. 22 April 1762 , Montmagny, Canada d. 25 December 1822 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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François PROULX was born 22 April 1762 in Montmagny, Canada

François PROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Genevieve METIVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Marie-Claire-Francoise JOLY (maternal) François METIVIER and Genevieve RIGAUD

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

François married Rosalie GAUDET 23 July 1787 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie GAUDET was born abt. 1763 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Rosalie died 17 December 1818 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Rosalie was the child of Joseph GAUDET and Marie-Anne BOURGEOIS.

François PROULX died 25 December 1822 in Saint-Ours, 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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François PROULX married

Rosalie GAUDET-- Date: 23 July 1787 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Rosalie GAUDET was the child of Joseph GAUDET and Marie-Anne BOURGEOIS

Children of François PROULX and Rosalie GAUDET:

Jean-Baptiste PROULX (b.4 September 1791, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 3 August 1843, Saint-Ours, Canada East )
m. Marie-Marguerite BENOIT 28 September 1812 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1762 Birth
22 April 1762
Montmagny, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
François PROULX and Rosalie GAUDET 23 July 1787, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 25 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 4 September 1791, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

François was 29 years old.

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

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

1812 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX married 28 September 1812, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Marguerite BENOIT

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.