Etienne PARADIS

(b. 14 July 1794 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 17 August 1872 , Mont-Carmel, Québec, Canada )

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Etienne PARADIS was born 14 July 1794 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Etienne PARADIS was the child of Ignace PARADIS and Marie Modeste THÉRIAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre PARADIS and Marie-Josephte OUELLET (maternal) Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT

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Etienne married Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) 17 February 1817 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) was born 17 February 1793 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephte died 7 May 1832 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of François-Daniel CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) and Marie-Catherine TARDIF.

Etienne married (2) Marie-Arthemise DUMONT dite GUERET 20 July 1835 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada . Marie-Arthemise DUMONT dite GUERET was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Arthemise was the child of Joseph DUMONT and Catherine PARADIS.

Etienne PARADIS died 17 August 1872 in Mont-Carmel, Québec, Canada.

m. Caouette Maire-Josephte
m. Gueret Marie-Arthemise

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE)-- Date: 17 February 1817 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) was the child of François-Daniel CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) and Marie-Catherine TARDIF

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Etienne PARADIS married

Marie-Arthemise DUMONT dite GUERET-- Date: 20 July 1835 Place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Marie-Arthemise DUMONT dite GUERET was the child of Joseph DUMONT and Catherine PARADIS

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1794 Birth
14 July 1794
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Etienne PARADIS and Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) 17 February 1817, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte CAOUETTE (CAYOUETTE) died 7 May 1832, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

1835 Marriage / Partner
Etienne PARADIS and Marie-Arthemise DUMONT dite GUERET 20 July 1835, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

He was 41 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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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.

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.