Marie-Anne MOQUIN

(b. 22 August 1788 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 August 1859 , La Prairie, Canada East )

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Marie-Anne MOQUIN was born 22 August 1788 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne MOQUIN was the child of Antoine MOQUIN and Josephte DUBOIS dite RONDEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MOQUIN and Marie-Ursule SURPRENANT (maternal) Jacques DUBOIS dit RONDEL and Marie-Catherine BABEU

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Marie-Anne married Joseph BLEAU 11 August 1823 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Joseph BLEAU was born 28 July 1761 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Joseph died 27 March 1845 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Marie BLEAU and Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE.

Marie-Anne MOQUIN died 17 August 1859 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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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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Marie-Anne MOQUIN married

Joseph BLEAU-- Date: 11 August 1823 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Joseph BLEAU was the child of Joseph-Marie BLEAU and Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE

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1788 Birth
22 August 1788
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne MOQUIN and Joseph BLEAU 11 August 1823, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 34 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)