Pierre-Remi LANDRY

(b. October 16, 1801 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. December 19, 1879 , Saint-Francois, New Brunswick, Canada )
Age: 78

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Pierre-Remi LANDRY was born October 16, 1801 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Pierre-Remi LANDRY was the child of Pierre LANDRY and Marie-Felicite GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste LANDRY and Madeleine LEVASSEUR (maternal) Michel GAGNON and Felicite PELLETIER

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

Pierre-Remi married Marie-Genevieve LABBE January 7, 1822 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Genevieve LABBE was born January 27, 1802 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Genevieve died April 27, 1837 in Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Genevieve was the child of Joseph LABBE and Marie-Ursule DUCROS dite LATERREUR.

Pierre-Remi LANDRY died December 19, 1879 in Saint-Francois, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre-Remi LANDRY was a Miller.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca

Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude

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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Pierre-Remi LANDRY married

Marie-Genevieve LABBE-- Date: January 7, 1822 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie-Genevieve LABBE was the child of Joseph LABBE and Marie-Ursule DUCROS dite LATERREUR

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Children of Pierre-Remi LANDRY and Marie-Genevieve LABBE:

Bruno-Simon LANDRY (b.August 26, 1826, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. abt. 1871, Saint-Francois, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Elisabeth Louise OAKES October 24, 1852 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

Jean-Baptiste LANDRY (b.24 August 1829, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada d. 24 February 1914, St. Francois, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Olive OAKES 6 June 1850 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

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1801 Birth
October 16, 1801
Kamouraska, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Remi LANDRY and Marie-Genevieve LABBE January 7, 1822, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Bruno-Simon LANDRY was born August 26, 1826, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Pierre-Remi was 24 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LANDRY was born 24 August 1829, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Remi was 27 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Genevieve LABBE died April 27, 1837, Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Canada

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LANDRY married 6 June 1850, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Olive OAKES

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Bruno-Simon LANDRY married October 24, 1852, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Elisabeth Louise OAKES

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.