François
BOURASSA
(b.
24 January 1783
,
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 July 1860
,
Dunham, Canada East
)
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François BOURASSA was born 24 January 1783 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
François BOURASSA was the child of Jacques-Albert BOURASSA and Charlotte PERRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Albert-Jacques BOURASSA and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROSSEAU (maternal) Laurent PERRAULT and Marie-Charlotte-Amable ROBERT dite LAFONTAINEFrançois BOURASSA died 21 July 1860 in Dunham, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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1783 Birth 24 January 1783
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
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 Canada1818 - 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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Death 21 July 1860
Dunham, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.
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