Catherine BOISBRIAND

(b. 21 August 1811 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 22 March 1879 , Cacouna, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BOISBRIAND was born 21 August 1811 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Catherine BOISBRIAND was the child of André BOISBRIAND and Catherine PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) André-Joseph BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE and Euphrosine PARADIS (maternal) Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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

Catherine married Jean SIROIS 17 February 1829 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean SIROIS was born 12 August 1795 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Jean died 18 April 1884 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Jean was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX.

Catherine BOISBRIAND died 22 March 1879 in Cacouna, 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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Catherine BOISBRIAND married

Jean SIROIS-- Date: 17 February 1829 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Jean SIROIS was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX

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Children of Jean SIROIS and Catherine BOISBRIAND:

Caroline SIROIS (b.25 May 1832, Cacouna, Lower Canada d. 27 July 1908, St-Hubert de Rivière-du-Loup, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 3 September 1855 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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1811 Birth
21 August 1811
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOISBRIAND and Jean SIROIS 17 February 1829, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 17 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Caroline SIROIS was born 25 May 1832, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Catherine was 20 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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Caroline SIROIS married 3 September 1855, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna) to Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

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.