Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND

(b. 3 October 1750 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1820 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND was born 3 October 1750 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND was the child of Paul BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS and Veronique GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS and Catherine LEMOINE (maternal) Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

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

Louis-Hippolyte-Paul married Rosalie LEFEBVRE 11 April 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie LEFEBVRE was born 9 March 1757 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE and Rosalie PINSONNEAULT.

Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND died 4 October 1820 in Saint-Constant, 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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Rosalie LEFEBVRE-- Date: 11 April 1774 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Rosalie LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE and Rosalie PINSONNEAULT

Children of Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND and Rosalie LEFEBVRE:

Constant BERTRAND (b.16 April 1780, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1850, Saint-Timothée, Canada East )
m. Louise PINSONNEAULT 28 January 1805 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1750 Birth
3 October 1750
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Hippolyte-Paul BERTRAND and Rosalie LEFEBVRE 11 April 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1780 Birth of Child
Constant BERTRAND was born 16 April 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Louis-Hippolyte-Paul was 29 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)

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Constant BERTRAND married 28 January 1805, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Louise PINSONNEAULT

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.