Pierre FOREST

(b. 30 September 1769 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1827 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Pierre FOREST was born 30 September 1769 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre FOREST was the child of Pierre FOREST and Elisabeth VINCENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOREST and Marie Anne GIROUARD (maternal) Jean Baptiste VINCENT and Elisabeth COMEAU

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

Pierre married Archange LAMARRE 30 October 1797 in Oka, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Archange LAMARRE was born 17 August 1773 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Archange died 20 February 1830 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Archange was the child of Jacques-Michel LAMARRE and Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON.

Pierre FOREST died 26 April 1827 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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Family and Children of Pierre FOREST

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Pierre FOREST married

Archange LAMARRE-- Date: 30 October 1797 Place: Oka, Lower Canada
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Archange LAMARRE was the child of Jacques-Michel LAMARRE and Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON

Children of Pierre FOREST and Archange LAMARRE:

Jacques FOREST (b.22 July 1802, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 21 April 1833, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)

Geneviève-Marguerite FOREST (b.31 March 1808, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph FOREST (FORÈT) (b.abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste FOREST (b.21 June 1810, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. , )

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1769 Birth
30 September 1769
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Pierre FOREST and Archange LAMARRE 30 October 1797, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

He was 28 years old.

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

1802 Birth of Child
Jacques FOREST was born 22 July 1802, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 32 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Marguerite FOREST was born 31 March 1808, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FOREST was born 21 June 1810, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 40 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