Francois BOURGOIN

(b. 8 September 1801 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1876 , St-Épiphane, Rivière du Loup, Quebec, Canada )

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Francois BOURGOIN was born 8 September 1801 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Francois BOURGOIN was the child of Francois BOURGOIN and Marie-Thérèse LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BOURGOIN (BOURGOUIN) and Marie-Anne ALBERT (maternal) Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU

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

Francois married Marguerite LAFORGE 17 April 1826 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LAFORGE was born 18 February 1805 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Francois LAFORGE dit HUS and Marie-Anne SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS.

Francois BOURGOIN died 20 May 1876 in St-Épiphane, Rivière du Loup, 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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Francois BOURGOIN married

Marguerite LAFORGE-- Date: 17 April 1826 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marguerite LAFORGE was the child of Joseph-Francois LAFORGE dit HUS and Marie-Anne SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Children of Francois BOURGOIN and Marguerite LAFORGE:

Marie Exlla BOURGOIN (b.17 October 1834, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 13 April 1892, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Georges MICHAUD 22 January 1856 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1801 Birth
8 September 1801
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Francois BOURGOIN and Marguerite LAFORGE 17 April 1826, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 24 years old.

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
Marie Exlla BOURGOIN was born 17 October 1834, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Francois was 33 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Marie Exlla BOURGOIN married 22 January 1856, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Georges MICHAUD

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

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.