Jean-Louis PICHE

(b. 18 September 1772 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1827 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Louis PICHE was born 18 September 1772 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Louis PICHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PICHE and Marie-Thérèse LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PICHÉ and Marie-Scholastique LESAGE (maternal) Jean-Francois LANGLOIS and Therese BERTRAND

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Jean-Louis married Marguerite PROVENCHER 16 July 1804 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PROVENCHER was born 15 September 1783 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite died 25 November 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite was the child of Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE).

Jean-Louis PICHE died 18 May 1827 in Bécancour, 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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Jean-Louis PICHE married

Marguerite PROVENCHER-- Date: 16 July 1804 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Marguerite PROVENCHER was the child of Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)

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Children of Jean-Louis PICHE and Marguerite PROVENCHER:

Joseph PICHE (b.29 April 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1888, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie BLACKBURN 10 August 1850 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1772 Birth
18 September 1772
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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

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

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis PICHE and Marguerite PROVENCHER 16 July 1804, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 31 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph PICHE was born 29 April 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Louis was 43 years old.

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