Joseph BOURGEOIS

(b. abt. 1785 , Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. 5 July 1855 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )

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Joseph BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1785 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

Joseph BOURGEOIS was the child of Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) and Marie VIGNEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOURGEOIS and Madeleine CORMIER (maternal) Jean Baptiste VIGNEAULT dit MAURICE and Anne Agnes POIRIER

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

Joseph married Madeleine BERGERON 13 July 1807 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BERGERON was born 14 August 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Madeleine died 6 August 1870 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Madeleine was the child of Charles BERGERON and Josephte LEBLANC.

Joseph BOURGEOIS died 5 July 1855 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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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Joseph BOURGEOIS married

Madeleine BERGERON-- Date: 13 July 1807 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Madeleine BERGERON was the child of Charles BERGERON and Josephte LEBLANC

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Children of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Madeleine BERGERON:

Julie BOURGEOIS (b.24 October 1824, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 9 December 1873, Ste-Sophie, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada)
m. Theophile HEBERT 21 January 1844 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOURGEOIS and Madeleine BERGERON 13 July 1807, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Julie BOURGEOIS was born 24 October 1824, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Julie BOURGEOIS married 21 January 1844, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Theophile HEBERT

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)