Francois TASSE

(b. abt. 1801 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada d. 5 May 1879 , Ripon, Papineau, Québec, Canada )

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Francois TASSE was born abt. 1801 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Francois TASSE was the child of Joseph-Amable TASSE and Marie-Josephe FORGUES

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

Francois married Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME 12 February 1827 in Rigaud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME was born 4 January 1812 in Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. Monique Marguerite was the child of Augustin LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Therese NAULT.

Francois TASSE died 5 May 1879 in Ripon, Papineau, 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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Francois TASSE married

Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME-- Date: 12 February 1827 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME was the child of Augustin LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie-Therese NAULT

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Children of Francois TASSE and Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME:

Daniel TASSE (b.8/5/1840, Petite Nation, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada d. 8/10/1898, Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA)
m. Marie Mathilde "Mary" COTE 28 September 1863

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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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Francois TASSE and Monique Marguerite LEMAY dite DELORME 12 February 1827, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

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 Birth of Child
Daniel TASSE was born 8/5/1840, Petite Nation, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada

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)

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.