Catherine CAMPAGNA

(b. 22 October 1788 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1872 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine CAMPAGNA was born 22 October 1788 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine CAMPAGNA was the child of Jean CAMPAGNA and Madeleine-Benoni GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CAMPAGNA and Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS (maternal) Louis GAGNON and Madeleine EMOND

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Catherine married Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN 13 February 1804 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN was born 25 March 1772 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Chrysologue died 7 May 1832 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Chrysologue was the child of Basile ASSELIN and Marie-Anne COUTURE.

Catherine CAMPAGNA died 23 August 1872 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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 CAMPAGNA married

Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN-- Date: 13 February 1804 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN was the child of Basile ASSELIN and Marie-Anne COUTURE

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Children of Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN and Catherine CAMPAGNA:

Francois ASSELIN (b.10 November 1810, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 23 August 1889, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie LEFRANCOIS 15 October 1835 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1788 Birth
22 October 1788
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Catherine CAMPAGNA and Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN 13 February 1804, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 15 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Francois ASSELIN was born 10 November 1810, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 22 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN died 7 May 1832, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1835 Marriage of Child
Francois ASSELIN married 15 October 1835, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Sophie LEFRANCOIS

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.