Telesphore PARENTEAU

(b. 5 January 1820 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 22 January 1862 , St-Valère, Quebec, Canada )

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Telesphore PARENTEAU was born 5 January 1820 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Telesphore PARENTEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU and Elisabeth PAGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais PARENTEAU and Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PAGE and Angelique PAGÉ

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

Telesphore married Angelique BEAUNOYER abt. 1845 in Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique BEAUNOYER was born 26 March 1829 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Angelique was the child of Augustin BEAUNOYER and Marie Louise ROUSSEAU dite DUSSAULT.

Telesphore PARENTEAU died 22 January 1862 in St-Valère, Quebec, 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 Telesphore PARENTEAU

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Telesphore PARENTEAU married

Angelique BEAUNOYER-- Date: abt. 1845 Place: , Massachusetts, USA
Angelique BEAUNOYER was the child of Augustin BEAUNOYER and Marie Louise ROUSSEAU dite DUSSAULT

Children of Telesphore PARENTEAU and Angelique BEAUNOYER:

Joseph-Julien PARENTEAU (b.29 March 1859, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East d. 1 October 1932, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Lydia POIRIER

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1820 Birth
5 January 1820
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

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

1859 Birth of Child
Joseph-Julien PARENTEAU was born 29 March 1859, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Telesphore was 39 years old.