Catherine AUSSANT

(b. 12 August 1795 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 27 January 1868 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine AUSSANT was born 12 August 1795 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Catherine AUSSANT was the child of Charles-François OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Catherine LETENDRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace OSSANT (AUSSAN) and Marie-Rose CHEVALIER (DEGUIRE) (maternal) Joseph LETENDRE and Catherine PELOQUIN dite FELIX

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

Catherine married Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 30 January 1815 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was born 4 January 1791 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Antoine died 13 February 1868 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Catherine AUSSANT died 27 January 1868 in Sorel, 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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Catherine AUSSANT married

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX-- Date: 30 January 1815 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Children of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Catherine AUSSANT:

Catherine PELOQUIN (b.25 December 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 October 1899, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Noel MILLETTE 7 January 1845 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1795 Birth
12 August 1795
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Catherine AUSSANT and Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 30 January 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 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

1820 Birth of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN was born 25 December 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 25 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Catherine PELOQUIN married 7 January 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Noel MILLETTE

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.