Antoine FOISY

(b. 13 August 1807 , Verchères, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1895 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine FOISY was born 13 August 1807 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Antoine FOISY was the child of Michel FOISY and Marguerite-Adelaide MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FOISY and Charlotte LEDOUX (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Madeleine MENARD

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Antoine married Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD 15 February 1830 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD was born 20 December 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Rose died 21 March 1876 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Rose was the child of Toussaint JARRET (JARED) dit BEAUREGARD and Marguerite PALARDY.

Antoine FOISY died 16 March 1895 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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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Family and Children of Antoine FOISY

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Antoine FOISY married

Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD-- Date: 15 February 1830 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD was the child of Toussaint JARRET (JARED) dit BEAUREGARD and Marguerite PALARDY

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Children of Antoine FOISY and Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD:

Rosalie FOISY (b.22 June 1834, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 9 December 1867, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. Joseph ARCHAMBAULT 20 February 1860 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Celina FOISY (b.abt. 1839, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. André-Avelin ARCHAMBAULT 17 September 1866 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1807 Birth
13 August 1807
Verchères, 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 Marriage / Partner
Antoine FOISY and Marie-Rose JARRET dite BEAUREGARD 15 February 1830, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Rosalie FOISY was born 22 June 1834, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 26 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Rosalie FOISY married 20 February 1860, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph ARCHAMBAULT

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Celina FOISY married 17 September 1866, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to André-Avelin ARCHAMBAULT

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.