Madeleine VERMET

(b. 6 December 1740 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1824 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine VERMET was born 6 December 1740 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Madeleine VERMET was the child of Pierre VERMET and Marie-Madeleine BOUTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert VERMET dit LAFORME and Marie-Madeleine BERNARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUTIN and Jeanne AUDEBOUT

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

Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT 14 November 1763 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT was born 1 August 1721 in St-Malo, France. Jean-Baptiste died 21 April 1826 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT (BOURGAUD) and Françoise-Thérèse BIGUET (BIGUE).

Madeleine VERMET died 17 May 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Madeleine VERMET married

Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT-- Date: 14 November 1763 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT (BOURGAUD) and Françoise-Thérèse BIGUET (BIGUE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT and Madeleine VERMET:

Elisabeth BOURGAULT (b.1 October 1778, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 October 1818, Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Michel VEZINA 10 July 1797 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1740 Birth
6 December 1740
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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine VERMET and Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT 14 November 1763, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

She was 22 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BOURGAULT was born 1 October 1778, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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 of Child
Elisabeth BOURGAULT married 10 July 1797, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Pierre-Michel VEZINA

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

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.