flag female ancestor  Marie-Julie  BOURQUE

  (b. 23 May 1840 Sherbrooke, Lower Canada   d. 5 August 1892 Stoke-Center, Richmond, Quebec, Canada )  

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Marie-Julie BOURQUE was born 23 May 1840 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada

Marie-Julie BOURQUE was the child of ?   and   ?

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Marie-Julie  married  Jean-Jacques GUILLEMETTE 9 April 1855 in Sherbrooke, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Jacques GUILLEMETTE  was born 28 January 1832 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais).  Jean-Jacques died 31 October 1927 in Stoke-Center, Richmond, Quebec, Canada. 

Marie-Julie BOURQUE died 5 August 1892 in Stoke-Center, Richmond, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Marie-Julie BOURQUE married flag male ancestor Jean-Jacques GUILLEMETTE-- Date: 9 April 1855 Place: Sherbrooke, Canada East


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birth1840 Birth
23 May 1840
Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1855 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Julie BOURQUE and Jean-Jacques GUILLEMETTE 9 April 1855, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

She was 14 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1863 Birth of Child
Jacab-Jacques GUILLEMETTE was born 23 October 1863, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie-Julie was 23 years old.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1892 Death
5 August 1892
Stoke-Center, Richmond, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 52.
Added: 10/8/2025 12:17:34 PM - Updated: 10/8/2025 12:17:52 PM

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