Basile
POITRAS
(b.
15 May 1815
,
L'Islet, Lower Canada
d.
5 January 1891
,
St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada
)
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Basile POITRAS was born 15 May 1815 in L'Islet, Lower Canada
Basile POITRAS was the child of Basile POITRAS and Angele GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POITRAS and Genevieve COUILLARD (maternal) Jean-Eloi GAGNON and Marie-Therese ST-PIERRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Basile married Emerentienne DUBE 11 February 1839 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerentienne DUBE was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Emerentienne died 30 January 1906 in St-Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. Emerentienne was the child of Raphael DUBE and Therese ST-PIERRE.
Basile POITRAS died 5 January 1891 in St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Basile appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Basile POITRAS
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Emerentienne DUBE-- Date: 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Emerentienne DUBE was the child of Raphael DUBE and Therese ST-PIERRE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Basile POITRAS and Emerentienne DUBE:
Alphonsine POITRAS (b.14 December 1852, L'Islet, Canada East d. 12 April 1941, St-Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada)
m. Octave TREMBLAY 17 November 1874
Emerentienne DUBE-- Date: 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower CanadaEmerentienne DUBE was the child of Raphael DUBE and Therese ST-PIERRE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Basile POITRAS and Emerentienne DUBE:
Alphonsine POITRAS (b.14 December 1852, L'Islet, Canada East d. 12 April 1941, St-Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada)m. Octave TREMBLAY 17 November 1874
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1815 Birth 15 May 1815
L'Islet, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Marriage / PartnerBasile POITRAS and Emerentienne DUBE 11 February 1839, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada
He was 23 years old.
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1852 Birth of ChildAlphonsine POITRAS was born 14 December 1852, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
Basile was 37 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1891 Death 5 January 1891
St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 75.
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