Catherine LEDUC

(b. 15 December 1775 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 March 1831 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada )

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Catherine LEDUC was born 15 December 1775 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine LEDUC was the child of Antoine LEDUC and Catherine POITRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LEDUC and Jeanne FAUTEUX (maternal) Francois POITRAS and Marguerite HAINS

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

Catherine married Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) 26 January 1796 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) was born 7 June 1772 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Toussaint-Robert died 26 March 1839 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Toussaint-Robert was the child of Guillaume CAVELIER (LECAVELIER) and Marie-Josephe PICARD dite HUPPÉ.

Catherine LEDUC died 20 March 1831 in Contrecœur, 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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Catherine LEDUC married

Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER)-- Date: 26 January 1796 Place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) was the child of Guillaume CAVELIER (LECAVELIER) and Marie-Josephe PICARD dite HUPPÉ

Children of Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) and Catherine LEDUC:

Zoe LECAVELIER (b.23 November 1801, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1872, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES 13 June 1820 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1775 Birth
15 December 1775
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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
Catherine LEDUC and Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) 26 January 1796, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 20 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Zoe LECAVELIER was born 23 November 1801, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Catherine was 25 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