Bruno RAJOTTE

(b. 23 October 1816 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1898 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Bruno RAJOTTE was born 23 October 1816 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Bruno RAJOTTE was the child of Charles RAJOTTE and Françoise HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Geneviève HUS PAUL (maternal) Ignace HUS COURNOYER and Marie BOURDAIS

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

Bruno married Scholastique LATRAVERSE 13 February 1844 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Scholastique LATRAVERSE was born 14 September 1823 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Scholastique died 2 April 1904 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Scholastique was the child of Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE.

Bruno RAJOTTE died 15 August 1898 in Sorel, 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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Bruno RAJOTTE married

Scholastique LATRAVERSE-- Date: 13 February 1844 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Scholastique LATRAVERSE was the child of Pierre HUS-LATRAVERSE and Catherine GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

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Children of Bruno RAJOTTE and Scholastique LATRAVERSE:

Marie RAJOTTE (b.27 July 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Moise VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE 20 February 1871 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Martel RAJOTTE (b.8 September 1852, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Philomene RAJOTTE 1875

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1816 Birth
23 October 1816
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Bruno RAJOTTE and Scholastique LATRAVERSE 13 February 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie RAJOTTE was born 27 July 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 33 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Martel RAJOTTE was born 8 September 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Bruno was 35 years old.

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.