Helene LESSARD

(b. 25 February 1792 , Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 5 August 1873 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada )

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Helene LESSARD was born 25 February 1792 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

Helene LESSARD was the child of Jacques LESSARD and Veronique GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joseph LESSARD and Suzanne GUAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GAGNÉ and Suzanne GOURCE (GOUSSE)

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

Helene married Pierre GRONDIN 4 September 1810 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GRONDIN was born 5 December 1789 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 16 April 1837 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRONDIN and Marie-Josephte RODRIGUE.

Helene LESSARD died 5 August 1873 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 Helene LESSARD

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Helene LESSARD married

Pierre GRONDIN-- Date: 4 September 1810 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Pierre GRONDIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRONDIN and Marie-Josephte RODRIGUE

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Children of Pierre GRONDIN and Helene LESSARD:

Cesarie GRONDIN (b.10 September 1824, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada d. 15 September 1894, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. François-Xavier RODRIGUE 8 November 1843 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
25 February 1792
Beauceville, Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Helene LESSARD and Pierre GRONDIN 4 September 1810, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Cesarie GRONDIN was born 10 September 1824, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Helene was 32 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre GRONDIN died 16 April 1837, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Cesarie GRONDIN married 8 November 1843, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to François-Xavier RODRIGUE

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.