Tranquille Jean SAULNIER

(b. May 1824 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 14 February 1886 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was born May 1824 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was the child of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SAULNIER and Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE (maternal) Charles COMEAU and Marguerite ROY

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Tranquille Jean married Geneviève RICHARDSON abt. 1850 . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Geneviève RICHARDSON was born 30 April 1829 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Geneviève died 4 May 1884 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Geneviève was the child of William RICHARDSON and Marguerite LEBRETON.

Tranquille Jean SAULNIER died 14 February 1886 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Tranquille Jean SAULNIER married

Geneviève RICHARDSON-- Date: abt. 1850 Place:
Geneviève RICHARDSON was the child of William RICHARDSON and Marguerite LEBRETON

Children of Tranquille Jean SAULNIER and Geneviève RICHARDSON:

Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Jean SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.abt. 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 6 March 1922, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Gregoire SONIER (SAULNIER) (b.May 1871, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marie BASQUE

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1824 Birth
May 1824
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

1824 Baptism
3 Oct 1824
Tranquille Saulnier
Tracadie

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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)

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 Birth of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 25 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 30 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 32 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 32 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Jean SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 32 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Tranquille Jean was 35 years old.

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.