Marguerite BELANGER

(b. 15 March 1768 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1842 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East )

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Marguerite BELANGER was born 15 March 1768 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite BELANGER was the child of Jean-Gabriel BELANGER and Marie-Victoire BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BELANGER and Geneviève LESSARD (LESSART) (maternal) Augustin BERNIER and Angélique BUTEAU

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Marguerite married Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 14 November 1785 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 10 July 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie died 1 August 1839 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER.

Marguerite BELANGER died 19 September 1842 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Marguerite BELANGER married

Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT-- Date: 14 November 1785 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER

Children of Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marguerite BELANGER:

Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT (b.13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. abt. 1878, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada)
m. Basilisse BOIS 4 February 1823 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1768 Birth
15 March 1768
L'Islet, 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BELANGER and Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 14 November 1785, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 17 years old.

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

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

1795 Birth of Child
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

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