Augustin GUILLEMETTE

(b. 6 March 1748 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 4 July 1806 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Augustin GUILLEMETTE was born 6 March 1748 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Augustin GUILLEMETTE was the child of Augustin GUILLEMET and Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMET and Marie-Anne BLAIS (maternal) Pierre LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine TOURNEROCHE

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Augustin married Reine PRUNEAU 9 January 1781 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Reine PRUNEAU was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Reine died 8 October 1847 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Reine was the child of Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU and Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD.

Augustin GUILLEMETTE died 4 July 1806 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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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Augustin GUILLEMETTE married

Reine PRUNEAU-- Date: 9 January 1781 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Reine PRUNEAU was the child of Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU and Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD

Children of Augustin GUILLEMETTE and Reine PRUNEAU:

Marguerite GUILLEMETTE (b.2 March 1785, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Charles BLANCHET 3 August 1807 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Rosalie GUILLEMETTE (b.27 March 1787, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre-Noel CARON 31 January 1809 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1748 Birth
6 March 1748
Berthier-sur-Mer, 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.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Augustin GUILLEMETTE and Reine PRUNEAU 9 January 1781, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

He was 32 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marguerite GUILLEMETTE was born 2 March 1785, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Augustin was 37 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Rosalie GUILLEMETTE was born 27 March 1787, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Augustin was 39 years old.

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)