Antoine PARADIS

(b. 17 January 1797 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 13 February 1875 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine PARADIS was born 17 January 1797 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Antoine PARADIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie ANTOINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Ursule CANTIN (QUENTIN) (maternal) Nicolas ANTOINE (ST ANTOINE) and Marie-Catherine MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE

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

Antoine married Marie-Josephe ROY 11 January 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe ROY was born 24 June 1802 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie-Josephe died 23 May 1882 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Marie-Josephe was the child of Eloi ROY and Marie-Josephte COMEAU.

Antoine PARADIS died 13 February 1875 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Antoine PARADIS

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Antoine PARADIS married

Marie-Josephe ROY-- Date: 11 January 1819 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe ROY was the child of Eloi ROY and Marie-Josephte COMEAU

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Children of Antoine PARADIS and Marie-Josephe ROY:

Laurent PARADIS (b.10 July 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 24 November 1889, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )
m. Florence LANOUE 24 October 1848 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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1797 Birth
17 January 1797
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PARADIS and Marie-Josephe ROY 11 January 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Laurent PARADIS was born 10 July 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Antoine was 30 years old.

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 of Child
Laurent PARADIS married 24 October 1848, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Florence LANOUE

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.