Florentin VIGEANT

(b. 21 June 1825 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1880 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Florentin VIGEANT was born 21 June 1825 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Florentin VIGEANT was the child of Florentin VIGEANT and Marie-Anne QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Florentin VIGEANT and Marie-Rosalie GAUDET (maternal) Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT

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

Florentin married Aurelie QUAY dite DRAGON abt. 1857 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie QUAY dite DRAGON was born 28 April 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Aurelie died 7 August 1911 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.

Florentin VIGEANT died 13 January 1880 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Florentin VIGEANT married

Aurelie QUAY dite DRAGON-- Date: abt. 1857 Place:

Children of Florentin VIGEANT and Aurelie QUAY dite DRAGON:

Amedee VIGEANT (b.29 October 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 25 November 1943, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Rose-Anna RICHARD 6 July 1886 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1825 Birth
21 June 1825
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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)

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

1861 Birth of Child
Amedee VIGEANT was born 29 October 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Florentin was 36 years old.

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.