Louis POTHIER

(b. 24 May 1758 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1822 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Louis POTHIER was born 24 May 1758 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Louis POTHIER was the child of Louis POTHIER and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS (maternal) Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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

Louis married Françoise MARCHAND 12 May 1794 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise MARCHAND was born 9 April 1767 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Françoise died 19 May 1846 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Françoise was the child of Louis-Joachim MARCHAND and Françoise ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT.

Louis POTHIER died 30 August 1822 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Louis POTHIER married

Françoise MARCHAND-- Date: 12 May 1794 Place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Françoise MARCHAND was the child of Louis-Joachim MARCHAND and Françoise ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

Children of Louis POTHIER and Françoise MARCHAND:

Marie-Josephte-Seraphine POTHIER (b.17 February 1798, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 May 1877, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph SAINT-PIERRE 27 February 1821 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1758 Birth
24 May 1758
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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)

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Louis POTHIER and Françoise MARCHAND 12 May 1794, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 35 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte-Seraphine POTHIER was born 17 February 1798, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis was 39 years old.

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte-Seraphine POTHIER married 27 February 1821, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Joseph SAINT-PIERRE