Marie BELLET (BLET)

(b. 30 January 1767 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 November 1820 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie BELLET (BLET) was born 30 January 1767 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie BELLET (BLET) was the child of Pierre-Antoine BELLET (BLET) GAZAILLE and Marie-Angélique VANDAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE and Angélique NIQUET (maternal) François VANDAL and Marie-Antoinette RIPAULT

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

Marie married René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) 30 January 1786 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) was born 23 March 1766 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). René-Philippe was the child of René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE.

Marie BELLET (BLET) died 4 November 1820 in Sorel, 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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Marie BELLET (BLET) married

René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN)-- Date: 30 January 1786 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) was the child of René-Guillaume HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Thérèse BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE

Children of René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) and Marie BELLET (BLET):

Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN (b.1 April 1795, Contrecœur, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Athanase THIBAULT 3 October 1814 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 14 March 1823 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1767 Birth
30 January 1767
Sorel, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie BELLET (BLET) and René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) 30 January 1786, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 19 years old.

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

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

1795 Birth of Child
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN was born 1 April 1795, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie was 28 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN married 3 October 1814, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Athanase THIBAULT

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.