Francois BELLEY

(b. 4 March 1797 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1878 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada )

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Francois BELLEY was born 4 March 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Francois BELLEY was the child of René-Ulric BELLEY and Madeleine GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) René BELLEY and Marguerite MAGNAN (maternal) Etienne GAGNON and Madeleine-Marguerite LAVOIE

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

Francois married Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE 14 January 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE was born 21 February 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ursule died 30 October 1875 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Ursule was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE.

Francois BELLEY died 5 April 1878 in Jonquière, 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 Francois BELLEY

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Francois BELLEY married

Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE-- Date: 14 January 1823 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

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Children of Francois BELLEY and Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE:

Alexandre BELLEY (b.3 August 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 2 April 1911, St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louise VANDAL 17 February 1852 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1797 Birth
4 March 1797
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Francois BELLEY and Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE 14 January 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Alexandre BELLEY was born 3 August 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 30 years old.

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Alexandre BELLEY married 17 February 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Louise VANDAL

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.