Louis BERGERON

(b. abt. 1791 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 July 1870 , Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Canada )

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Louis BERGERON was born abt. 1791 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis BERGERON was the child of André BERGERON and Elisabeth SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre BERGERON and Louise DESGAGNES (maternal) François-Louis SAVARD and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

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

Louis married Marguerite HARTON 14 June 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite HARTON was born 29 June 1787 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 2 April 1860 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Felix HANS dit HARTON and Angelique-Genevieve GAUVIN.

Louis BERGERON died 11 July 1870 in Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Canada.
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Occupation

Louis BERGERON was a Journalier.
The journalier, or day labourer, was a worker employed by the day, typically in the agricultural sector. He usually only worked during the summer months, for low wages, which meant that day labourers were among the poorest of the inhabitants of New France.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Louis BERGERON married

Marguerite HARTON-- Date: 14 June 1813 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Marguerite HARTON was the child of Felix HANS dit HARTON and Angelique-Genevieve GAUVIN

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Children of Louis BERGERON and Marguerite HARTON:

Firmin BERGERON (b.30 March 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 31 December 1897, La Baie, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine COTE 29 August 1843 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Louis BERGERON and Marguerite HARTON 14 June 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Firmin BERGERON was born 30 March 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Firmin BERGERON married 29 August 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Madeleine COTE

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite HARTON died 2 April 1860, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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.