Louis TESSIER

(b. abt. 1807 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 May 1879 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada )

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Louis TESSIER was born abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TESSIER and Marguerite GÉLINAS (maternal) Charles LANDRY and Marie HEBERT

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

Louis married Marie VIENS 29 September 1828 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie VIENS was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died abt. 1879 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Joseph VIENS and Catherine RITCHOT.

Louis TESSIER died 23 May 1879 in Saint-David, 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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Louis TESSIER married

Marie VIENS-- Date: 29 September 1828 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marie VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS and Catherine RITCHOT

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Children of Louis TESSIER and Marie VIENS:

Joseph TESSIER (b.abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angele LACHAPELLE 23 February 1857 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Louis TESSIER and Marie VIENS 29 September 1828, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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)

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Joseph TESSIER married 23 February 1857, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to Angele LACHAPELLE

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.