Louise BEDARD

(b. 25 January 1771 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 August 1827 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Louise BEDARD was born 25 January 1771 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise BEDARD was the child of Jean-Etienne BEDARD and Marie-Angelique LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne BEDARD and Marie-Madeleine GARNEAU (maternal) Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Marie DUMONT

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

Louise married Joseph VILLENEUVE 22 February 1791 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph VILLENEUVE was born 8 May 1765 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph died 11 September 1827 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph was the child of Jean-François VILLENEUVE and Marie-Elisabeth JOBIN.

Louise BEDARD died 20 August 1827 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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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Louise BEDARD married

Joseph VILLENEUVE-- Date: 22 February 1791 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada
Joseph VILLENEUVE was the child of Jean-François VILLENEUVE and Marie-Elisabeth JOBIN

Children of Joseph VILLENEUVE and Louise BEDARD:

Joseph VILLENEUVE (b.30 January 1793, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada d. 16 April 1883, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine CLOUTIER 23 November 1824 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1771 Birth
25 January 1771
Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Louise BEDARD and Joseph VILLENEUVE 22 February 1791, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

She was 20 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Joseph VILLENEUVE was born 30 January 1793, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Louise was 22 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