Michel FOISY

(b. 1 June 1783 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 October 1874 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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Michel FOISY was born 1 June 1783 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel FOISY was the child of Antoine FOISY and Charlotte LEDOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Basile FOISY and Marie-Anne DESMARAIS (maternal) Jacques LEDOUX and Marie-Anne LAPORTE

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

Michel married Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE 4 October 1802 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was born 16 January 1784 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite-Adelaide died 9 October 1821 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marguerite-Adelaide was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Madeleine MENARD.

Michel FOISY died 22 October 1874 in Beloeil, 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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Michel FOISY married

Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE-- Date: 4 October 1802 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Madeleine MENARD

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Children of Michel FOISY and Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE:

Antoine FOISY (b.13 August 1807, Verchères, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1895, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD 15 February 1830 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1783 Birth
1 June 1783
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Michel FOISY and Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE 4 October 1802, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 19 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Antoine FOISY was born 13 August 1807, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Michel was 24 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

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE died 9 October 1821, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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 Marriage of Child
Antoine FOISY married 15 February 1830, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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.

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.