Philosor GRANDBOIS

(b. 6 October 1827 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 13 December 1888 , La-Pérade, Québec, Canada )

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Philosor GRANDBOIS was born 6 October 1827 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Philosor GRANDBOIS was the child of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GRANDBOIS dit GUILBAUT and Marie-Anne DEMERS (maternal) Charles-Benjamin VACHON and Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE

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Philosor married Euphemie-Philie TESSIER 24 February 1851 in Saint-Casimir, Canada East . Euphemie-Philie TESSIER was born 29 December 1832 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Euphemie-Philie died 10 October 1871 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada. Euphemie-Philie was the child of Alexis TESSIER and Adelaide BIGUET.

Philosor GRANDBOIS died 13 December 1888 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada .

m. Tessier Euphemie-Philie

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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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Philosor GRANDBOIS married

Euphemie-Philie TESSIER-- Date: 24 February 1851 Place: Saint-Casimir, Canada East
Euphemie-Philie TESSIER was the child of Alexis TESSIER and Adelaide BIGUET

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1827 Birth
6 October 1827
La-Pérade, Lower Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

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

1851 Marriage / Partner
Philosor GRANDBOIS and Euphemie-Philie TESSIER 24 February 1851, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

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.