Francois PALIN

(b. 26 March 1799 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 16 January 1884 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Francois PALIN was born 26 March 1799 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Francois PALIN was the child of Francois PALIN and Suzanne MARCIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois PALIN dit DABONVILLE and Genevieve CHEROUX dite LARIVIÈRE (maternal) Pierre MARCIL and Suzanne BOURDEAU

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

Francois married Genevieve ST-ANTOINE 7 August 1820 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve ST-ANTOINE was born 24 August 1801 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Genevieve died 8 February 1866 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Genevieve was the child of Georges ST-ANTOINE and Genevieve GAMACHE.

Francois PALIN died 16 January 1884 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Francois PALIN was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Family and Children of Francois PALIN

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Francois PALIN married

Genevieve ST-ANTOINE-- Date: 7 August 1820 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Genevieve ST-ANTOINE was the child of Georges ST-ANTOINE and Genevieve GAMACHE

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Children of Francois PALIN and Genevieve ST-ANTOINE:

Aurelie PALIN (b.27 December 1830, Napierville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 28 July 1851 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1799 Birth
26 March 1799
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 Marriage / Partner
Francois PALIN and Genevieve ST-ANTOINE 7 August 1820, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
Aurelie PALIN was born 27 December 1830, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Francois was 31 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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Aurelie PALIN married 28 July 1851, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve ST-ANTOINE died 8 February 1866, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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.