Catherine QUIRION

(b. 3 May 1797 , Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 7 March 1864 , Beauceville, Canada East )

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Catherine QUIRION was born 3 May 1797 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

Catherine QUIRION was the child of François-Regis QUIRION and Catherine CRESSAC dite TOULOUSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace QUIRION and Marguerite POULIOT (maternal) Pierre CRESSAC dit TOULOUSE and Catherine VINCENT

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

Catherine married Olivier RODRIGUE 1 August 1820 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olivier RODRIGUE was born 11 April 1797 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Olivier died 29 November 1879 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Olivier was the child of Charles RODRIGUE and Marie-Angélique POULIN.

Catherine QUIRION died 7 March 1864 in Beauceville, Canada East .
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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 Catherine QUIRION

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Catherine QUIRION married

Olivier RODRIGUE-- Date: 1 August 1820 Place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Olivier RODRIGUE was the child of Charles RODRIGUE and Marie-Angélique POULIN

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Children of Olivier RODRIGUE and Catherine QUIRION:

François-Xavier RODRIGUE (b.29 August 1822, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1901, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. Cesarie GRONDIN 8 November 1843 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
3 May 1797
Beauceville, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Catherine QUIRION and Olivier RODRIGUE 1 August 1820, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

She was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
François-Xavier RODRIGUE was born 29 August 1822, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Catherine was 25 years old.

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 - 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)