Pierre LEFEBVRE

(b. 6 April 1746 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1822 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEFEBVRE was born 6 April 1746 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre LEFEBVRE was the child of Louis LEFEBVRE and Agnès PINSONNEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LEFEBVRE and Louise VANDANDAIGUE (maternal) Pierre PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Charlotte LECOURS

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

Pierre married Amable SOREL 12 April 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable SOREL was born 8 January 1764 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Amable died 22 May 1841 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Amable was the child of Luc SOREL and Jeanne MADDOX.

Pierre LEFEBVRE died 9 August 1822 in La Prairie, 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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Pierre LEFEBVRE married

Amable SOREL-- Date: 12 April 1779 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable SOREL was the child of Luc SOREL and Jeanne MADDOX

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL:

Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE (b.abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 June 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph SURPRENANT 24 November 1806 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1746 Birth
6 April 1746
La Prairie, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL 12 April 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 33 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE married 24 November 1806, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Joseph SURPRENANT

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