Alexis BACON

(b. 19 January 1741 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 20 November 1810 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Alexis BACON was born 19 January 1741 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Alexis BACON was the child of Noel BACON and Marie-Charlotte MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache BACON (BASCON) and Louise GUIMOND (maternal) Pierre-Noel MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marguerite ROUSSEAU

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Alexis married Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 13 January 1766 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 5 February 1747 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 13 June 1830 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève was the child of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Madeleine MORIN.

Alexis BACON died 20 November 1810 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

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Alexis BACON married

Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD-- Date: 13 January 1766 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Madeleine MORIN

Children of Alexis BACON and Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD:

Genevieve BACON (b.15 February 1771, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 August 1827, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD 3 June 1794 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
19 January 1741
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Alexis BACON and Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 13 January 1766, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Genevieve BACON was born 15 February 1771, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Alexis was 30 years old.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Genevieve BACON married 3 June 1794, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

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