Marie-Anne POLIQUIN

(b. 8 March 1763 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 July 1842 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )

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Marie-Anne POLIQUIN was born 8 March 1763 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne POLIQUIN was the child of Jacques POLIQUIN and Marie COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POLIQUIN and Marie-Anne-Louise LECOUR (maternal) Ignace COTE and Veronique HÉBERT dite LECOMTE

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

Marie-Anne married Joseph-Jean BROCHU 22 February 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Jean BROCHU was born 24 September 1760 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Jean died 31 July 1842 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Joseph-Jean was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY.

Marie-Anne POLIQUIN died 10 July 1842 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East .
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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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Marie-Anne POLIQUIN married

Joseph-Jean BROCHU-- Date: 22 February 1786 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Jean BROCHU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY

Children of Joseph-Jean BROCHU and Marie-Anne POLIQUIN:

Etienne BROCHU (b.29 July 1794, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 15 September 1867, St-Isidore-de-Lauzon, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marguerite PHANEUF 21 January 1823 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1763 Birth
8 March 1763
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne POLIQUIN and Joseph-Jean BROCHU 22 February 1786, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Etienne BROCHU was born 29 July 1794, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 31 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England