Angele POIRIER

(b. 3 September 1829 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 11 September 1908 , St Paul, Alberta, Canada )

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Angele POIRIER was born 3 September 1829 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Angele POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Angelique-Desanges BEAUDOIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire POIRIER and Angelique DUGAS (maternal) Michel BEAUDOIN and Marie-Geneviève RINFRET dite MALOUIN

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

Angele married Eugene-Urgele FOSIY 8 January 1855 in Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Eugene-Urgele FOSIY was born 15 November 1836 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Eugene-Urgele died 30 December 1906 in St Paul, Alberta, Canada. Eugene-Urgele was the child of Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE and Marcelline CHAPUT.

Angele POIRIER died 11 September 1908 in St Paul, Alberta, 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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Angele POIRIER married

Eugene-Urgele FOSIY-- Date: 8 January 1855 Place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Eugene-Urgele FOSIY was the child of Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE and Marcelline CHAPUT

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Children of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY and Angele POIRIER:

Alphonse FOISY (b.28 April 1860, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East d. 29 March 1940, Lafond, Alberta, Canada)

Elodie FOISY (b.18 March 1862, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East d. , )

Marcel FOISY (b.13 August 1864, Iles des Alumettes, Quebec, Canada d. 22 June 1926, Lafond, Alberta, Canada)

Edmond FOISY (b.12 June 1866, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East d. abt. 1941, Lafond, Alberta, Canada)

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1829 Birth
3 September 1829
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Angele POIRIER and Eugene-Urgele FOSIY 8 January 1855, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

She was 25 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Alphonse FOISY was born 28 April 1860, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Angele was 30 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Elodie FOISY was born 18 March 1862, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Angele was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marcel FOISY was born 13 August 1864, Iles des Alumettes, Quebec, Canada

Angele was 34 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Edmond FOISY was born 12 June 1866, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Angele was 36 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.

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 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.