Paul LEGER

(b. January 1791 , Minoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 March 1869 , Shemogue, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Paul LEGER was born January 1791 in Minoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Paul LEGER was the child of Charles LEGER and Marie BOURQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Madeleine COMEAU (maternal) Jean Baptiste BOURQUE and Marie HEBERT

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Paul married Marie MELANSON 10 September 1810 in Grand Digue, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MELANSON was born abt. 1791 in Minoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie died 27 December 1888 in Cap-Pele, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Marie was the child of Casimir MELANSON and Anne SURETTE.

Paul LEGER died 28 March 1869 in Shemogue, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Paul LEGER married

Marie MELANSON-- Date: 10 September 1810 Place: Grand Digue, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie MELANSON was the child of Casimir MELANSON and Anne SURETTE

Children of Paul LEGER and Marie MELANSON:

Marie LEGER (b.26 March 1838, Cap-Pele, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 27 November 1918, Cap-Pele, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Jean FOREST (FORÈT) 1869 in , New Brunswick, Canada

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1791 Birth
January 1791
Minoudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Paul LEGER and Marie MELANSON 10 September 1810, Grand Digue, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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)

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie LEGER was born 26 March 1838, Cap-Pele, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Paul was 47 years old.

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.

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.