Augustin PLOUFFE

(b. 2 August 1759 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1828 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Augustin PLOUFFE was born 2 August 1759 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Augustin PLOUFFE was the child of Augustin PLOUFFE and Marie-Charlotte ROBIDOUX (ROBIDOU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PLOUFFE and Josephte-Cécile-Jeanne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU (maternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit DESMOULINS and Marie-Anne FONTENEAU

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Augustin married Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE 25 August 1817 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE was born 19 October 1762 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Agathe died 27 June 1832 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe was the child of Gabriel CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne MONTEIL.

Augustin PLOUFFE died 16 August 1828 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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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Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE-- Date: 25 August 1817 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE was the child of Gabriel CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne MONTEIL

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1759 Birth
2 August 1759
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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)

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Augustin PLOUFFE and Marie-Agathe CHARPENTIER dite LAPAILLE 25 August 1817, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 58 years old.

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

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)