Elizabeth HARRISON

(b. 27 March 1797 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 24 September 1873 , Québec, Québec, Canada )

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Elizabeth HARRISON was born 27 March 1797 in Québec, Lower Canada

Elizabeth HARRISON was the child of William HARRISON and Mary MINDNON

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

Elizabeth married Joseph DESROSES 29 September 1812 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DESROSES was born abt. 1765 Joseph died 15 November 1850 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Elizabeth HARRISON died 24 September 1873 in Québec, 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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Elizabeth HARRISON married

Joseph DESROSES-- Date: 29 September 1812 Place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph DESROSES and Elizabeth HARRISON:

Julie DESROSES (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Olivier JALBERT 30 January 1849 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1797 Birth
27 March 1797
Québec, Lower Canada

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth HARRISON and Joseph DESROSES 29 September 1812, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 15 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

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Julie DESROSES married 30 January 1849, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Olivier JALBERT

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph DESROSES died 15 November 1850, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.