Michel FORGUES

(b. 17 July 1731 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 16 January 1811 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Michel FORGUES was born 17 July 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Michel FORGUES was the child of Joseph FORGUES and Jeanne-Marguerite PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORGUES and Marie BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Jeanne COULOMBE

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

Michel married Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN 10 May 1751 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN was born 29 July 1731 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Josephte died 20 October 1815 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre-Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ.

Michel FORGUES died 16 January 1811 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel FORGUES married

Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN-- Date: 10 May 1751 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN was the child of Pierre-Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ

Children of Michel FORGUES and Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN:

Augustin FORGUES (b.19 March 1767, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 July 1832, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite RACINE 17 February 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1731 Birth
17 July 1731
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Michel FORGUES and Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN 10 May 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Augustin FORGUES was born 19 March 1767, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Michel was 35 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.

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 of Child
Augustin FORGUES married 17 February 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Marguerite RACINE

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