Louis DUPERE

(b. 12 November 1745 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1830 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Louis DUPERE was born 12 November 1745 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Louis DUPERE was the child of Charles-Michel DUPERE and Marie-Angélique LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Andre DUPERE and Marie-Anne-Francoise BADEAU (maternal) Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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

Louis married Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS 14 October 1782 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS was born 15 September 1762 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Genevieve died 27 January 1840 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Genevieve was the child of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE.

Louis DUPERE died 8 April 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Louis DUPERE married

Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS-- Date: 14 October 1782 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS was the child of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE

Children of Louis DUPERE and Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS:

Angele DUPERE (b.abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1877, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada)
m. Alexandre BERUBE 7 January 1840 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1745 Birth
12 November 1745
Rivière-Ouelle, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUPERE and Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS 14 October 1782, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 36 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)

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)