Guillaume ALLARD

(b. 14 April 1809 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 14 July 1893 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume ALLARD was born 14 April 1809 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Guillaume ALLARD was the child of Joseph ALLARD and Catherine LAFOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ALLARD and Isabelle-Élisabeth PROULX (maternal) François-Joseph LAFOND and Josephte DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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

Guillaume married Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE 17 September 1833 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE was born 23 April 1813 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Prospère died 11 December 1854 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas). Marie-Prospère was the child of Nicolas-Regis-Prosper LAUZIERE and Marie-Anne-Louise BEAUBIEN dite TROTTIER.

Guillaume ALLARD died 14 July 1893 in Pierreville, Yamaska, 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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Guillaume ALLARD married

Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE-- Date: 17 September 1833 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE was the child of Nicolas-Regis-Prosper LAUZIERE and Marie-Anne-Louise BEAUBIEN dite TROTTIER

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Children of Guillaume ALLARD and Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE:

Joseph ALLARD (b.abt. 1838, , Canada d. , )
m. Marie Basilice (Basilisse) PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY 30 June 1863 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Elvine Malvina Évelyne ALLARD (b.abt. 1838, , Canada d. , )

Norbert ALLARD (b.8 September 1841, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East d. 30 June 1925, , Canada)

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1809 Birth
14 April 1809
Saint-François-du-Lac, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume ALLARD and Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE 17 September 1833, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Norbert ALLARD was born 8 September 1841, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 32 years old.

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Prospère LAUZIÈRE died 11 December 1854, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Joseph ALLARD married 30 June 1863, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie Basilice (Basilisse) PELOQUIN dite FELIX CREDY

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.