Helene FORGUES

(b. 26 August 1774 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1855 , St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada )

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Helene FORGUES was born 26 August 1774 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Helene FORGUES was the child of Jean-Michel FORGUES and Helene ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FORGUES and Marie-Anne CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ (maternal) Pierre ROY and Marie-Helene BIDET

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

Helene married Jean-Baptiste COTE 26 April 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste COTE was born 11 January 1773 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 25 September 1866 in St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Marie-Louise TURGEON.

Helene FORGUES died 30 October 1855 in St-Lazare, Bellechasse, Quebec, 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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Helene FORGUES married

Jean-Baptiste COTE-- Date: 26 April 1797 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste COTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Marie-Louise TURGEON

Children of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Helene FORGUES:

Felicite COTE (b.13 September 1804, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1872, Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada )
m. Gabriel THERRIEN 18 November 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Rosalie COTE (b.11 April 1812, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 26 July 1882, Windsor, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph GOSSELIN 27 September 1831 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1774 Birth
26 August 1774
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)

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

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

1797 Marriage / Partner
Helene FORGUES and Jean-Baptiste COTE 26 April 1797, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

1804 Birth of Child
Felicite COTE was born 13 September 1804, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Helene was 30 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Rosalie COTE was born 11 April 1812, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Helene 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

1822 Marriage of Child
Felicite COTE married 18 November 1822, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Gabriel THERRIEN

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Rosalie COTE married 27 September 1831, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Joseph GOSSELIN

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.

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