Edwidge
GERARD
(b.
3 August 1835
,
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
d.
14 September 1902
,
Frelighsburg, Missiquoi, Quebec, Canada
)
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Edwidge GERARD was born 3 August 1835 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
Edwidge GERARD was the child of Amable GERARD and Emilie PHANEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GIRARD and Marguerite LOISELLE (maternal) Pierre PHANEUF and Marie-Elisabeth BOURBEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Edwidge married Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) 6 February 1854 in Palmer, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) was born 8 March 1836 in Addison, Vermont, USA (Chimney Point) (West Addison). Peter Hopkins died 5 May 1912 in Swanton, Vermont, USA. Peter Hopkins was the child of Antoine LITNO (LETOURNEAU) and Mary Angeline MAYO.
Edwidge GERARD died 14 September 1902 in Frelighsburg, Missiquoi, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Edwidge GERARD
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Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU)-- Date: 6 February 1854 Place: Palmer, Massachusetts, USA
Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) was the child of Antoine LITNO (LETOURNEAU) and Mary Angeline MAYO
Children of Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) and Edwidge GERARD:
Exeline LITNO (b.abt. 1859, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1895, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Isaac DESROSIERS LAFRENIERE FREEMAN
Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU)-- Date: 6 February 1854 Place: Palmer, Massachusetts, USA Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) was the child of Antoine LITNO (LETOURNEAU) and Mary Angeline MAYO
Children of Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) and Edwidge GERARD:
Exeline LITNO (b.abt. 1859, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1895, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)m. Isaac DESROSIERS LAFRENIERE FREEMAN
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1835 Birth 3 August 1835
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Marriage / PartnerEdwidge GERARD and Peter Hopkins LITNO (LETOURNEAU) 6 February 1854, Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers)
She was 18 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1902 Death 14 September 1902
Frelighsburg, Missiquoi, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 67.
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