Pierre SURPRENANT

(b. 25 July 1794 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1854 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East )

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Pierre SURPRENANT was born 25 July 1794 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pierre SURPRENANT was the child of Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT and Marie-Josephte LABERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SURPRENANT and Geneviève LAMARRE (maternal) Guillaume LABERGE and Marie PHANEUF

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Pierre married Josephte TREMBLAY 30 October 1832 in Napierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1791 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Josephte was the child of Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON.

Pierre SURPRENANT died 25 January 1854 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East.
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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 SURPRENANT married

Josephte TREMBLAY-- Date: 30 October 1832 Place: Napierville, Lower Canada

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Josephte TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY and Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON

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Children of Pierre SURPRENANT and Josephte TREMBLAY:

Jeremie SURPRENANT (b.22 September 1833, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )

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1794 Birth
25 July 1794
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Pierre SURPRENANT and Josephte TREMBLAY 30 October 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 38 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Jeremie SURPRENANT was born 22 September 1833, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Pierre was 39 years old.

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.