Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

(b. 22 April 1750 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 10 April 1822 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 22 April 1750 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was the child of Jean Baptiste BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marguerite MELANSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) (maternal) Jean MELANSON and Madeleine PETITOT dite SINCENNES

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Marguerite married Louis DOUCET 10 January 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis DOUCET was born 16 May 1749 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Louis died 15 July 1819 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Louis was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG.

Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) died 10 April 1822 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) married

Louis DOUCET-- Date: 10 January 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG

Children of Louis DOUCET and Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU):

Marguerite DOUCET (b.10 September 1775, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1859, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. François LEPRINCE 8 February 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Madeleine DOUCET (b.24 December 1796, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1863, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Joseph RICHARD 9 October 1821 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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1750 Birth
22 April 1750
Port Royal, Acadia

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Louis DOUCET 10 January 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 22 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marguerite DOUCET was born 10 September 1775, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marguerite was 25 years old.

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)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 8 February 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to François LEPRINCE

1796 Birth of Child
Madeleine DOUCET was born 24 December 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marguerite was 46 years old.

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

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.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis DOUCET died 15 July 1819, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DOUCET married 9 October 1821, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Joseph RICHARD

1822 Death
10 April 1822
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 72.

Added: 3/6/2016 8:50:21 AM - Updated: 5/24/2024 3:24:14 PM