Ignace CARON

(b. 9 June 1741 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1811 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Ignace CARON was born 9 June 1741 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Ignace CARON was the child of Louis CARON and Françoise GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace CARON and Marie GAULIN (GOLIN) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marie-Françoise OUELLET

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

Ignace married Marie Anne THIBODEAU 2 June 1762 in Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Anne THIBODEAU was born abt. 1744 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Marie Anne died 26 March 1825 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie Anne was the child of Olivier THIBODEAU and Madeleine MELANÇON.

Ignace CARON died 2 January 1811 in Louiseville, 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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Ignace CARON married

Marie Anne THIBODEAU-- Date: 2 June 1762 Place: Philadelphia, Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
Marie Anne THIBODEAU was the child of Olivier THIBODEAU and Madeleine MELANÇON

Children of Ignace CARON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU:

Angelique CARON (b.abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 July 1849, Yamachiche, Canada East )
m. Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS 26 November 1792 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Françoise CARON (b.18 January 1776, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 May 1855, Saint-Guillaume, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste MELANCON 12 February 1798 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1741 Birth
9 June 1741
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Ignace CARON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU 2 June 1762, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

He was 20 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.

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 Birth of Child
Françoise CARON was born 18 January 1776, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Ignace was 34 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

1792 Marriage of Child
Angelique CARON married 26 November 1792, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Françoise CARON married 12 February 1798, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Jean-Baptiste MELANCON

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