Catherine FOURQUIN

(b. 10 February 1817 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 28 February 1894 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine FOURQUIN was born 10 February 1817 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Catherine FOURQUIN was the child of Michel FOURQUIN dit LEVEILLE and Catherine PARENTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marguerite LASALLE dite TALUSSIER (maternal) Michel PARENTEAU and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle FORCIER

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

Catherine married Pierre BERGERON 4 November 1834 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre BERGERON was born 20 June 1809 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre died 5 December 1884 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre was the child of Thomas BERGERON and Marie GIGUERE.

Catherine FOURQUIN died 28 February 1894 in Yamaska, Québec, 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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Catherine FOURQUIN married

Pierre BERGERON-- Date: 4 November 1834 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Pierre BERGERON was the child of Thomas BERGERON and Marie GIGUERE

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Children of Pierre BERGERON and Catherine FOURQUIN:

Marie BERGERON (b.23 April 1845, Yamaska, Canada East d. 29 March 1917, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Alfred BERGERON (b.13 August 1849, Yamaska, Canada East d. 28 December 1931, )

Emelie BERGERON (b.6 September 1853, Yamaska, Canada East d. 13 May 1936, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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1817 Birth
10 February 1817
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Catherine FOURQUIN and Pierre BERGERON 4 November 1834 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 17 years old.

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Marie BERGERON was born 23 April 1845, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 28 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Alfred BERGERON was born 13 August 1849, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 32 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Emelie BERGERON was born 6 September 1853, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 36 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.