Louis ROCHELEAU

(b. 8 March 1757 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 28 September 1826 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Louis ROCHELEAU was born 8 March 1757 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Louis ROCHELEAU was the child of Louis ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) and Elisabeth COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROCHEREAU and Marie-Madeleine THIFFAULT (maternal) Jean COTE and Geneviève TREPANIER (TRÉPAGNY)

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Louis married Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN 18 September 1796 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was born 30 January 1769 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Elisabeth died 28 March 1834 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Elisabeth was the child of Joseph LAPERCHE and Ursule BISSON.

Louis ROCHELEAU died 28 September 1826 in Berthierville, 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 ROCHELEAU married

Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN-- Date: 18 September 1796 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was the child of Joseph LAPERCHE and Ursule BISSON

Children of Louis ROCHELEAU and Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN:

Madeleine ROCHELEAU (b.31 March 1801, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre GODIN 7 January 1835 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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1757 Birth
8 March 1757
La-Pérade, 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)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Louis ROCHELEAU and Elisabeth LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN 18 September 1796, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 39 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Madeleine ROCHELEAU was born 31 March 1801, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 44 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)