Pierre LAROCQUE

(b. abt. 1789 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 January 1872 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LAROCQUE was born abt. 1789 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre LAROCQUE was the child of Pierre COUILLARD dit LAROQUE and Marie-Anne ROBIDAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François COUILLARD dit LAROQUE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE (maternal) Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Geneviève-Josephe GRENON

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

Pierre married Marie-Amable BERGERON 13 November 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable BERGERON was born 18 June 1792 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Amable died 21 April 1862 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Amable was the child of Joseph BERGERON and Amable LUSSIER.

Pierre LAROCQUE died 15 January 1872 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, 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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Pierre LAROCQUE married

Marie-Amable BERGERON-- Date: 13 November 1809 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marie-Amable BERGERON was the child of Joseph BERGERON and Amable LUSSIER

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Children of Pierre LAROCQUE and Marie-Amable BERGERON:

Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE (b.17 March 1834, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada d. 20 July 1894, Richmond, Vermont, USA )
m. Marie Louise DUHAMEL 11 January 1853 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAROCQUE and Marie-Amable BERGERON 13 November 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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

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

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE was born 17 March 1834, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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

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

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE married 11 January 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie Louise DUHAMEL

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Amable BERGERON died 21 April 1862, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.