André PELLETIER

(b. 2 March 1806 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1899 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada )

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André PELLETIER was born 2 March 1806 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

André PELLETIER was the child of André PELLETIER and Victoire SOULARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-François PELLETIER and Françoise-Josephte CARON (maternal) Jacques SOULARD and Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

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

André married Elisabeth FORTIN 11 February 1840 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth FORTIN was born 16 July 1816 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 25 January 1897 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Edouard FORTIN and Geneviève LANGELIER.

André PELLETIER died 21 February 1899 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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André PELLETIER married

Elisabeth FORTIN-- Date: 11 February 1840 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Elisabeth FORTIN was the child of Edouard FORTIN and Geneviève LANGELIER

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Children of André PELLETIER and Elisabeth FORTIN:

Elisabeth PELLETIER (b.8 April 1844, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East d. 19 April 1929, Petit-Saguenay, Quebec, Canada)
m. Meran TREMBLAY 4 September 1883 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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1806 Birth
2 March 1806
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower 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.

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
André PELLETIER and Elisabeth FORTIN 11 February 1840, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Elisabeth PELLETIER was born 8 April 1844, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

André was 38 years old.

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.