Michel VALLIERES

(b. 29 May 1781 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 May 1856 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )

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Michel VALLIERES was born 29 May 1781 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel VALLIERES was the child of Joseph VALLIERES and Marie-Josephe FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Joseph VALLIERES and Reine-Elisabeth CLOUTIER (maternal) Joseph FOURNIER and Dorothee PLANTE

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

Michel married Marguerite GOULET 22 November 1802 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GOULET was born 12 May 1786 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marguerite was the child of Charles GOULET and Madeleine NOEL.

Michel VALLIERES died 26 May 1856 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Michel VALLIERES

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Michel VALLIERES married

Marguerite GOULET-- Date: 22 November 1802 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Marguerite GOULET was the child of Charles GOULET and Madeleine NOEL

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Children of Michel VALLIERES and Marguerite GOULET:

Charles VALLIERES (b.1 December 1805, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marcelline TALBOT 2 February 1836 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1781 Birth
29 May 1781
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Michel VALLIERES and Marguerite GOULET 22 November 1802, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 21 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Charles VALLIERES was born 1 December 1805, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Michel was 24 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.

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Charles VALLIERES married 2 February 1836 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marcelline TALBOT

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.