flag male ancestor  Ambroise  POISSANT

  (b. 22 January 1806 La Prairie, Lower Canada   d. 10 December 1857 La Prairie, Canada East )  

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Ambroise POISSANT was born 22 January 1806 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Ambroise POISSANT was the child of Pierre-Amable POISSANT   and   Marie-Josephte LONGTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre-François POISSANT and Marie-Catherine MONET (maternal)  Laurent LONGTIN and Marie-Josephe BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Ambroise  married  Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) 3 August 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)  was born 9 December 1805 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Marie-Anne died 29 September 1892 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle).  Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Angélique MICHON.

Ambroise POISSANT died 10 December 1857 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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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Ambroise POISSANT married flag female ancestor Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)-- Date: 3 August 1829 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Angélique MICHON




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birth1806 Birth
22 January 1806
La Prairie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1829 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise POISSANT and Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) 3 August 1829, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1837 Birth of Child
Esther POISSANT was born 10 September 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Ambroise was 31 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1857 Death
10 December 1857
La Prairie, Canada East

He died at the age of 51.
Added: 3/31/2021 2:32:30 PM - Updated: 3/31/2021 2:35:03 PM

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