Charles BELIVEAU

(b. 20 May 1744 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 March 1811 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Charles BELIVEAU was born 20 May 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia

Charles BELIVEAU was the child of Jean Baptiste BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite MELANSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) (maternal) Jean MELANSON and Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES

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

Charles married Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET 10 January 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET was born 24 March 1753 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Elisabeth Isabelle died 23 March 1839 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie Elisabeth Isabelle was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG.

Charles BELIVEAU died 2 March 1811 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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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Charles BELIVEAU married

Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET-- Date: 10 January 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG

Children of Charles BELIVEAU and Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET:

Marguerite BELIVEAU (b.4 June 1779, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 November 1837, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph VIGNEAULT 23 September 1799 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1744 Birth
20 May 1744
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Charles BELIVEAU and Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET 10 January 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 28 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.

1779 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELIVEAU was born 4 June 1779, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 35 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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BELIVEAU married 23 September 1799, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Joseph VIGNEAULT

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