Gilles CORMIER

(b. 13 November 1830 , Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada d. 17 November 1877 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Gilles CORMIER was born 13 November 1830 in Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

Gilles CORMIER was the child of Joseph Nicolas CORMIER and Angelique Pelagie BOURQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas CORMIER and Roslie HEBERT (maternal) Pierre BOURG and Angelique BOURGEOIS

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

Gilles married Henriette LAPIERRE 17 September 1850 in Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette LAPIERRE was born 30 May 1828 in Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada. Henriette was the child of Raphael LAPIERRE and Marguerite DEVEAU.

Gilles CORMIER died 17 November 1877 in Québec Province, 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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Gilles CORMIER married

Henriette LAPIERRE-- Date: 17 September 1850 Place: Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
Henriette LAPIERRE was the child of Raphael LAPIERRE and Marguerite DEVEAU

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Children of Gilles CORMIER and Henriette LAPIERRE:

Jean "John" CORMIER (b.11 August 1862, Natashquan, Quebec, Canada d. 15 March 1948, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Emilie GAUTHIER 22 October 1889 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1830 Birth
13 November 1830
Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Gilles CORMIER and Henriette LAPIERRE 17 September 1850, Havre-Aubert, L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Jean "John" CORMIER was born 11 August 1862, Natashquan, Quebec, Canada

Gilles was 31 years old.

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.