Pierre GUILLET

(b. 15 February 1787 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 July 1868 , La Présentation, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre GUILLET was born 15 February 1787 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre GUILLET was the child of Alexandre GUILLET and Desanges BERARD dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GUILLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL (maternal) Michel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Françoise MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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

Pierre married Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS 16 April 1839 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS was born 2 July 1814 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marie-Sophie died 4 October 1866 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marie-Sophie was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC.

Pierre GUILLET died 21 July 1868 in La Présentation, 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 GUILLET married

Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS-- Date: 16 April 1839 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS was the child of François DESMARAIS and Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite BEAULAC

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Children of Pierre GUILLET and Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS:

Michel GUILLET (b.23 November 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 14 October 1927, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Louise LUSSIER 24 September 1867 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Charles GUILLET (b.22 October 1848, La Présentation, Canada East d. 2 August 1916, Warren, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Marie LUSSIER 25 July 1865 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1787 Birth
15 February 1787
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GUILLET and Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS 16 April 1839, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 52 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Michel GUILLET was born 23 November 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 56 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Charles GUILLET was born 22 October 1848, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Pierre was 61 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Charles GUILLET married 25 July 1865, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie LUSSIER

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Sophie DESMARAIS died 4 October 1866, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

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.