Georges PAPILLON

(b. 14 June 1823 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1904 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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Georges PAPILLON was born 14 June 1823 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Georges PAPILLON was the child of Joseph PAPILLON and Marie LARIVIERE dite CHAPDELAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne PAPILLON and Geneviève PEPIN dite LACHANCE (maternal) François-Louis CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Thérèse CHEVALIER

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

Georges married Charlotte PELOQUIN 21 February 1848 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charlotte PELOQUIN was born 24 November 1824 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Charlotte died 3 February 1905 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Charlotte was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Cecile ARPIN dite POITEVIN.

Georges PAPILLON died 18 February 1904 in Saint-Ours, 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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Family and Children of Georges PAPILLON

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Georges PAPILLON married

Charlotte PELOQUIN-- Date: 21 February 1848 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada East
Charlotte PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Cecile ARPIN dite POITEVIN

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Children of Georges PAPILLON and Charlotte PELOQUIN:

Rosanna-Aimée PAPILLON (b.12 September 1852, Saint-Ours, Canada East d. 13 July 1942, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph LAVALLÉE 11 November 1871 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Justine PAPILLON (b.abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 November 1937, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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1823 Birth
14 June 1823
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Georges PAPILLON and Charlotte PELOQUIN 21 February 1848, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 24 years old.

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Rosanna-Aimée PAPILLON was born 12 September 1852, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Georges was 29 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.