Josephte MARSAN

(b. 18 February 1806 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1885 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada )

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Josephte MARSAN was born 18 February 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

Josephte MARSAN was the child of Francois MARSAN dit LAPIERRE and Francoise BEAUPRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois MARSAN dit LAPIERRE and Catherine CADIEUX (maternal) Joseph BEAUPRE and Marie-Josephte MONGEON

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

Josephte married Israël MARTINEAU 7 July 1829 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Israël MARTINEAU was born 28 August 1805 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Israël died 2 March 1839 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Israël was the child of Henri MARTINEAU and Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS.

Josephte MARSAN died 31 January 1885 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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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Josephte MARSAN married

Israël MARTINEAU-- Date: 7 July 1829 Place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Israël MARTINEAU was the child of Henri MARTINEAU and Scholastique-Colette DESMARAIS

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Children of Israël MARTINEAU and Josephte MARSAN:

Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU (b.18 March 1830, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada d. abt. 1910, Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Marie-Louise ÉTHIER 5 September 1854 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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1806 Birth
18 February 1806
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MARSAN and Israël MARTINEAU 7 July 1829, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU was born 18 March 1830, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 24 years old.

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Israël MARTINEAU died 2 March 1839, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU married 5 September 1854 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise ÉTHIER

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.