flag male ancestor  Pierre  HETU

  (b. 29 May 1775 Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 10 September 1855 Lavaltrie, Canada East )  

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Pierre HETU was born 29 May 1775 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre HETU was the child of Pierre HETU dit LAFLEUR   and   Marie-Anne LAURENCE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE (maternal)  Louis-Hector LAURENCE and Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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Pierre  married  Marie-Josephte LAPORTE 17 September 1798 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte LAPORTE  was born 17 April 1781 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Josephte died 29 July 1834 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine).  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles LAPORTE and Marie-Josephe ETHIER.

Pierre HETU died 10 September 1855 in Lavaltrie, Canada East .





m. Laporte Marie-Josephte


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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Pierre HETU

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Pierre HETU married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephte LAPORTE-- Date: 17 September 1798 Place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte LAPORTE was the child of Charles LAPORTE and Marie-Josephe ETHIER




Children of Pierre HETU and Marie-Josephte LAPORTE:

flag female ancestor Josephte HETU (b.abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 16 August 1834, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

flag female ancestor Marie-Therese HETU (b.abt. 1807, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 10 January 1849, Lavaltrie, Canada East )
m. Pierre GIGUERE 11 July 1826 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

flag female ancestor Marthe HETU (b.abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )



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birth1775 Birth
29 May 1775
Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1798 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HETU and Marie-Josephte LAPORTE 17 September 1798, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1826 Marriage of Child
Marie-Therese HETU married 11 July 1826, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Pierre GIGUERE
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte LAPORTE died 29 July 1834, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)
1834 Death of Child
Josephte HETU died 16 August 1834, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 59 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1849 Death of Child
Marie-Therese HETU died 10 January 1849, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 73 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
10 September 1855
Lavaltrie, Canada East

He died at the age of 80.
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