Jean PLOURDE

(b. 31 July 1794 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1887 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada )

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Jean PLOURDE was born 31 July 1794 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Jean PLOURDE was the child of Prosper PLOURDE and Angelique RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PLOURDE and Marie-Anne HUDON dite BEAULIEU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie Anne THÉRIAULT

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Jean married Salomee SIROIS 14 February 1820 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Salomee SIROIS was born 30 January 1797 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Salomee died 23 October 1822 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Salomee was the child of Raphael SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Salomee PHOCAS.

Jean married (2) Celeste TREMBLAY 7 February 1853 in St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada . Celeste TREMBLAY was born 11 February 1800 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Celeste died 13 June 1884 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Celeste was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Catherine-Angelique CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS.

Jean PLOURDE died 26 August 1887 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Jean PLOURDE married

Salomee SIROIS-- Date: 14 February 1820 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Salomee SIROIS was the child of Raphael SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Salomee PHOCAS

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Children of Jean PLOURDE and Salomee SIROIS:

Salomee PLOURDE (b.22 February 1821, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 7 March 1898, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada )
m. Elie-Clement LEVESQUE 7 November 1836 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Jean PLOURDE married

Celeste TREMBLAY-- Date: 7 February 1853 Place: St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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Celeste TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Catherine-Angelique CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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1794 Birth
31 July 1794
Kamouraska, 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 Marriage / Partner
Jean PLOURDE and Salomee SIROIS 14 February 1820, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Salomee PLOURDE was born 22 February 1821, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean was 26 years old.

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Salomee SIROIS died 23 October 1822, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Salomee PLOURDE married 7 November 1836, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada to Elie-Clement LEVESQUE

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Jean PLOURDE and Celeste TREMBLAY 7 February 1853, St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

He was 58 years old.

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.