Veronique POTEL

(b. 19 October 1762 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada d. 9 March 1841 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East )

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Veronique POTEL was born 19 October 1762 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada

Veronique POTEL was the child of André POTEL and Veronique DOLBEC and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-François DOLBEC and Marie-Jeanne TAPIN

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

Veronique married Pierre VENDETTE 22 September 1782 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre VENDETTE was born 15 February 1762 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre died 4 March 1818 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Louis VANDET (VENDETTE) and Marie-Louise BOUTET.

Veronique POTEL died 9 March 1841 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Veronique POTEL married

Pierre VENDETTE-- Date: 22 September 1782 Place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre VENDETTE was the child of Louis VANDET (VENDETTE) and Marie-Louise BOUTET

Children of Pierre VENDETTE and Veronique POTEL:

Romuald VENDETTE (b.12 July 1799, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Archange HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE 25 September 1815 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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1762 Birth
19 October 1762
Neuville, Portneuf, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Veronique POTEL and Pierre VENDETTE 22 September 1782, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

She was 19 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)

1799 Birth of Child
Romuald VENDETTE was born 12 July 1799, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Veronique was 36 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Romuald VENDETTE married 25 September 1815, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Marie-Archange HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE

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.