Eloi-Urbain MERCIER

(b. 25 February 1762 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. 13 May 1825 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Eloi-Urbain MERCIER was born 25 February 1762 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada

Eloi-Urbain MERCIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste MERCIER and Marie-Anne ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Pascal MERCIER and Madeleine BOUCHER (maternal) François-Marc ROY and Marie-Anne FORTIER

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Eloi-Urbain married Ursule-Anne JORDAN 13 August 1787 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule-Anne JORDAN was born 31 January 1766 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Ursule-Anne was the child of André JORDAN (JOURDAIN) and Marie-Anne BABEU.

Eloi-Urbain MERCIER died 13 May 1825 in L'Acadie, 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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Eloi-Urbain MERCIER married

Ursule-Anne JORDAN-- Date: 13 August 1787 Place: L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada
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Ursule-Anne JORDAN was the child of André JORDAN (JOURDAIN) and Marie-Anne BABEU

Children of Eloi-Urbain MERCIER and Ursule-Anne JORDAN:

Marie MERCIER (b.abt. 1789, , Canada d. , )
m. Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT) 27 July 1807 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1762 Birth
25 February 1762
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Eloi-Urbain MERCIER and Ursule-Anne JORDAN 13 August 1787, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie MERCIER married 27 July 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)