David GUERTIN

(b. May 23, 1823 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. July 14, 1892 , St Gabriel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada )
Age: 69

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David GUERTIN was born May 23, 1823 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

David GUERTIN was the child of Basile GUERTIN and Marie-Renee TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile GUERTIN and Apolline (Pauline) DEMERS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie-Amable LESTAGE

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

David married Rosalie SCOTT November 25, 1851 in St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Rosalie SCOTT was born August 23, 1833 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Stephen-Etienne SCOTT and Apolline-Pauline SÉNÉCAL.

David GUERTIN died July 14, 1892 in St Gabriel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

David GUERTIN was a Charretier.

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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David GUERTIN married

Rosalie SCOTT-- Date: November 25, 1851 Place: St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec
Rosalie SCOTT was the child of Stephen-Etienne SCOTT and Apolline-Pauline SÉNÉCAL

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Children of David GUERTIN and Rosalie SCOTT:

David GUERTIN FILS (b.abt. 1852, La Prairie, Canada East d. , St Gabriel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada? )

Norbert GUERTIN (b.1854 , La Prairie, Canada East d. , )

Jean-Baptiste GUERTIN (b.April 4, 1857, La Prairie, Canada East d. January 13, 1869, La Prairie, Québec, Canada )

Joseph GUERTIN (b.October 10, 1859, La Prairie, Canada East d. 1900 , near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada)

Francois-Xavier GUERTIN (b.December 23, 1861, La Prairie, Canada East d. June 7, 1862, La Prairie, Canada East )

Marie-Delphine GUERTIN (b.October 29, 1863, La Prairie, Canada East d. , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Wilfred GUERTIN (b.July 7, 1866, La Prairie, Canada East d. , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Emery GUERTIN (b.September 21, 1868, La Prairie, Québec, Canada d. , Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Henri-Clément GUERTIN (b.June 20, 1871, La Prairie, Québec, Canada d. June 1, 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada )
m. Emily WATTS

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1823 Birth
May 23, 1823
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
David GUERTIN and Rosalie SCOTT November 25, 1851, St-Luc, St-Jean, Quebec

He was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GUERTIN was born April 4, 1857, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 33 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Joseph GUERTIN was born October 10, 1859, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 36 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier GUERTIN was born December 23, 1861, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 38 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Francois-Xavier GUERTIN died June 7, 1862, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 39 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Delphine GUERTIN was born October 29, 1863, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 40 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Wilfred GUERTIN was born July 7, 1866, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 43 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Emery GUERTIN was born September 21, 1868, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 45 years old.

1869 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste GUERTIN died January 13, 1869, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 45 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Henri-Clément GUERTIN was born June 20, 1871, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

David was 48 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 Death
July 14, 1892
St Gabriel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 69.