Remi COUILLARD

(b. 31 December 1774 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 October 1827 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Remi COUILLARD was born 31 December 1774 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Remi COUILLARD was the child of Jean-Jacques COUILLARD dit DESECOURS and Romaine CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COUILLARD and Marie-Marthe BELANGER (maternal) Joseph CARON and Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE

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

Remi married Scholastique CARON 23 February 1808 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique CARON was born 1 February 1786 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Scholastique was the child of Joseph-Hyacinthe CARON and Ursule BOUCHER.

Remi COUILLARD died 27 October 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Family and Children of Remi COUILLARD

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Remi COUILLARD married

Scholastique CARON-- Date: 23 February 1808 Place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Scholastique CARON was the child of Joseph-Hyacinthe CARON and Ursule BOUCHER

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Children of Remi COUILLARD and Scholastique CARON:

Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD (b.2 March 1812, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Eloi LEBLANC

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1774 Birth
31 December 1774
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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)

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Remi COUILLARD and Scholastique CARON 23 February 1808, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 33 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD was born 2 March 1812, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Remi was 37 years old.

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