Alexis DUMAS

(b. 15 September 1744 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1821 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Alexis DUMAS was born 15 September 1744 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Alexis DUMAS was the child of Charles DUMAS and Ursule GODIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS (maternal) Pierre GODIN dit CHÂTILLON and Catherine PELLERIN

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Alexis married Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE 27 August 1770 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 20 February 1748 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Francoise died 16 July 1818 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Francoise was the child of Jean-Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Genevieve LECLERC.

Alexis DUMAS died 11 August 1821 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Alexis DUMAS married

Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE-- Date: 27 August 1770 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Francois AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Genevieve LECLERC

Children of Alexis DUMAS and Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE:

Ambroise DUMAS (b.18 February 1781, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 March 1868, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE 29 January 1812 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Chrysostome DUMAS (b.29 November 1784, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1844, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )
m. Suzanne COTE 28 November 1815 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1744 Birth
15 September 1744
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Alexis DUMAS and Marguerite-Francoise AUDET dite LAPOINTE 27 August 1770, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Ambroise DUMAS was born 18 February 1781, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Alexis was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Chrysostome DUMAS was born 29 November 1784, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Alexis was 40 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1812 Marriage of Child
Ambroise DUMAS married 29 January 1812, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

1815 Marriage of Child
Chrysostome DUMAS married 28 November 1815, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Suzanne COTE

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.