Etienne PELLETIER

(b. 15 April 1788 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 July 1875 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Etienne PELLETIER was born 15 April 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Etienne PELLETIER was the child of Jerome PELLETIER and Marie-Geneviève DENIS dite QUIMPER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie PELLETIER and Madeleine SOUCY (maternal) Pierre DENIS dit QUIMPER and Genevieve MICHAUD

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

Etienne married Euphrosine LEVASSEUR 28 January 1817 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine LEVASSEUR was born 19 March 1797 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Euphrosine died 6 May 1841 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Euphrosine was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR and Euphrosine MICHAUD.

Etienne PELLETIER died 9 July 1875 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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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Etienne PELLETIER married

Euphrosine LEVASSEUR-- Date: 28 January 1817 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Euphrosine LEVASSEUR was the child of Pierre LEVASSEUR and Euphrosine MICHAUD

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Children of Etienne PELLETIER and Euphrosine LEVASSEUR:

Lucie PELLETIER (b.28 November 1822, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1887, Cacouna, Québec, Canada )
m. Honore DIONNE 11 August 1846 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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1788 Birth
15 April 1788
La Pocatière, 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)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Etienne PELLETIER and Euphrosine LEVASSEUR 28 January 1817, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 28 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Lucie PELLETIER was born 28 November 1822, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Etienne was 34 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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Euphrosine LEVASSEUR died 6 May 1841, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Lucie PELLETIER married 11 August 1846, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Honore DIONNE

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.