Pierre PARADIS

(b. 22 September 1797 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada d. 11 February 1868 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PARADIS was born 22 September 1797 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Pierre PARADIS was the child of ? and ?

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

Pierre married Marie-Louise LASSELLE 11 October 1819 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LASSELLE was born 19 October 1795 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 19 April 1859 in L'Orignal, , Ontario, Canada.

Pierre PARADIS died 11 February 1868 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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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Pierre PARADIS married

Marie-Louise LASSELLE-- Date: 11 October 1819 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Children of Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise LASSELLE:

Julien PARADIS (b.25 June 1821, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1907, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada)
m. Esther LASSELLE 21 October 1844 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
22 September 1797
Saint-Eustache, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PARADIS and Marie-Louise LASSELLE 11 October 1819, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Julien PARADIS was born 25 June 1821, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 23 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Julien PARADIS married 21 October 1844, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada to Esther LASSELLE

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise LASSELLE died 19 April 1859, L'Orignal, , Ontario, Canada

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.