flag male ancestor  Amable  MESSIER

  (b. 8 February 1822 Varennes, Lower Canada   d. 29 April 1893 Beloeil, Québec, Canada )  

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Amable MESSIER was born 8 February 1822 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Amable MESSIER was the child of Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS   and   Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Madeleine BUSSIÈRE (maternal)  Michel QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Geneviève GEOFFRION

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Amable  married  Marie-Leonice RACICOT 2 February 1841 in Verchères, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Leonice RACICOT  was born 10 November 1823 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville).  Marie-Leonice died 7 April 1898 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur).  Marie-Leonice was the child of François RACICOT and Josephte LACOSTE.

Amable MESSIER died 29 April 1893 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Amable MESSIER married flag female ancestor Marie-Leonice RACICOT-- Date: 2 February 1841 Place: Verchères, Canada East
Marie-Leonice RACICOT was the child of François RACICOT and Josephte LACOSTE




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birth1822 Birth
8 February 1822
Varennes, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1841 Marriage / Partner
Amable MESSIER and Marie-Leonice RACICOT 2 February 1841, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 18 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1846 Birth of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER was born 1 January 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Amable was 23 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1875 Marriage of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER married 19 July 1875, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1883 Death of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER died 19 August 1883, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Amable was 61 years old.
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1893 Death
29 April 1893
Beloeil, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 71.
Added: 1/23/2020 9:28:58 AM - Updated: 1/23/2020 10:00:35 AM

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