Etienne TRAHAN

(b. 31 March 1806 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 30 May 1869 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Etienne TRAHAN was born 31 March 1806 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Etienne TRAHAN was the child of Etienne TRAHAN and Josephte GRENIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles TRAHAN and Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY (maternal) Michel GRENIER and Marguerite BOISVERT

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

Etienne married Adelaide PRATTE 30 May 1826 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide PRATTE was born 4 March 1796 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Adelaide died 28 February 1876 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Adelaide was the child of François-Amable DUPRAS (PRATTE) and Therese BOURRET.

Etienne TRAHAN died 30 May 1869 in Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Etienne TRAHAN

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Etienne TRAHAN married

Adelaide PRATTE-- Date: 30 May 1826 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Adelaide PRATTE was the child of François-Amable DUPRAS (PRATTE) and Therese BOURRET

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Children of Etienne TRAHAN and Adelaide PRATTE:

Adelaide TRAHAN (b.abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 May 1917, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )
m. Evariste TREMBLAY 28 January 1893 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1806 Birth
31 March 1806
Yamachiche, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Etienne TRAHAN and Adelaide PRATTE 30 May 1826, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 20 years old.

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

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.