Catherine PHILIPS

(b. abt. 1809 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1878 , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada )

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Catherine PHILIPS was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine PHILIPS was the child of Michael PHILLIPS and Catherine DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Killian PHILLIPS and Susannah WITMER (WHITMORE) (maternal) Petrus Peter Jonathan DUBOIS and Maria VAN VOORHEES

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

Catherine married Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE 11 October 1824 in Morristown, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE was born 22 December 1798 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Pierre Marie "Peter" died 23 January 1891 in Essex, Ontario, Canada. Pierre Marie "Peter" was the child of Jean-Baptiste DELISLE and Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS.

Catherine PHILIPS died 14 March 1878 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Catherine PHILIPS married

Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE-- Date: 11 October 1824 Place: Morristown, New York, USA
Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DELISLE and Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

Children of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE and Catherine PHILIPS:

Jean-Baptiste DELISLE (b.13 June 1829, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 9 November 1915, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada )
m. Marie-Aurelie RICHARD 21 October 1850 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

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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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PHILIPS and Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE 11 October 1824, Morristown, New York, USA

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DELISLE was born 13 June 1829, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DELISLE married 21 October 1850, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville) to Marie-Aurelie RICHARD

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.