Madeleine MARCOTTE

(b. 20 April 1782 , Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 May 1852 , Deschambault, Canada East )

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Madeleine MARCOTTE was born 20 April 1782 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada

Madeleine MARCOTTE was the child of François MARCOTTE and Thérèse GROLEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MARCOTTE and Marie-Josephte MORISSET (maternal) François GROLEAU and Madeleine PERRAULT

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

Madeleine married Joseph-Marie PAQUIN 19 November 1804 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie PAQUIN was born 5 August 1781 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Joseph-Marie died 21 April 1856 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Marie was the child of Nicolas PAQUIN and Françoise GAUTHIER.

Madeleine MARCOTTE died 9 May 1852 in Deschambault, Canada East .
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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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Madeleine MARCOTTE married

Joseph-Marie PAQUIN-- Date: 19 November 1804 Place: Deschambault, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Joseph-Marie PAQUIN was the child of Nicolas PAQUIN and Françoise GAUTHIER

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Children of Joseph-Marie PAQUIN and Madeleine MARCOTTE:

Augustin PAQUIN (b.8 December 1817, Deschambault, Lower Canada d. 22 October 1874, Portneuf, Québec, Canada )
m. Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) 25 June 1844 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1782 Birth
20 April 1782
Deschambault, 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 Canada

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

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine MARCOTTE and Joseph-Marie PAQUIN 19 November 1804, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

She was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Augustin PAQUIN was born 8 December 1817, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Madeleine was 35 years old.

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Augustin PAQUIN married 25 June 1844, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)