Andre SEGUIN

(b. 11 March 1785 , Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 January 1874 , Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada )

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Andre SEGUIN was born 11 March 1785 in Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Andre SEGUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste SEGUIN and Marie-Marguerite LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste SEGUIN and Marie-Josephte LAMADELEINE (maternal) Joseph LEDUC and Marguerite-Brigitte LALONDE

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

Andre married Marguerite BISSONNETTE 5 August 1811 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BISSONNETTE was born 15 November 1795 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marguerite died 29 October 1836 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste BISSONNETTE and Euphrosine PREGENT.

Andre SEGUIN died 11 January 1874 in Les Cèdres, 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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Andre SEGUIN married

Marguerite BISSONNETTE-- Date: 5 August 1811 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Marguerite BISSONNETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BISSONNETTE and Euphrosine PREGENT

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Children of Andre SEGUIN and Marguerite BISSONNETTE:

Marguerite SEGUIN (b.27 April 1812, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 2 December 1898, Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph SAUVE 11 February 1828 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Josephte SEGUIN (b.20 March 1828, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 25 February 1908, Ste-Justine-de-Newton, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada)
m. Narcisse LEVAC 12 April 1847 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1785 Birth
11 March 1785
Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Andre SEGUIN and Marguerite BISSONNETTE 5 August 1811, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 26 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marguerite SEGUIN was born 27 April 1812, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Andre was 27 years old.

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Marguerite SEGUIN married 11 February 1828, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Joseph SAUVE

1828 Birth of Child
Josephte SEGUIN was born 20 March 1828, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Andre was 43 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

1836 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BISSONNETTE died 29 October 1836, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Josephte SEGUIN married 12 April 1847, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Narcisse LEVAC

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.