Marie-Ursule MERCIER

(b. 7 August 1786 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 July 1870 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Ursule MERCIER was born 7 August 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Ursule MERCIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste MERCIER and Marie-Marguerite BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MERCIER and Marie-Anne ROY (maternal) Laurent BOURDEAU and Marie-Josephte MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT)

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

Marie-Ursule married François LAFAILLE 10 February 1800 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François LAFAILLE was born 5 September 1776 in New England, USA. François died 5 March 1849 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). François was the child of François LAFAILLE and Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS).

Marie-Ursule MERCIER died 16 July 1870 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Ursule MERCIER married

François LAFAILLE-- Date: 10 February 1800 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
François LAFAILLE was the child of François LAFAILLE and Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS)

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Children of François LAFAILLE and Marie-Ursule MERCIER:

Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE (b.13 September 1810, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise GRANGER 23 July 1830 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
m. Emilie DUFAULT 27 October 1856 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Hubert LAFAILLE (b.6 September 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Rose LANGLOIS 22 April 1834 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Salomon LAFAILLE (b.25 September 1819, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 5 September 1900, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )
m. Marcelline MOLLEUR 7 February 1844 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1786 Birth
7 August 1786
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ursule MERCIER and François LAFAILLE 10 February 1800, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 13 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE was born 13 September 1810, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Hubert LAFAILLE was born 6 September 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Salomon LAFAILLE was born 25 September 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 33 years old.

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

1830 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE married 23 July 1830, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie-Louise GRANGER

1834 Marriage of Child
Hubert LAFAILLE married 22 April 1834, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Rose LANGLOIS

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
Salomon LAFAILLE married 7 February 1844, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marcelline MOLLEUR

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)

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
François LAFAILLE died 5 March 1849, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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

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

1856 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE married 27 October 1856, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Emilie DUFAULT

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.