Marie Catherine CORMIER

(b. 3 May 1802 , Cascapedia, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada d. abt. 1872 , Durham, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marie Catherine CORMIER was born 3 May 1802 in Cascapedia, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Marie Catherine CORMIER was the child of Joseph CORMIER and Marie-Elizabeth ARSENEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CORMIER and Madeleine SAVOIE (maternal) Eustace ARSENAULT and Marie SAVOIE

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Marie Catherine married Michael SHANNON 7 October 1827 in Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michael SHANNON was born abt. 1798 in Dunbrody, Wexford, Ireland. Michael died abt. 1872 in Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.

Marie Catherine CORMIER died abt. 1872 in Durham, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Marie Catherine CORMIER married

Michael SHANNON-- Date: 7 October 1827 Place: Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Michael SHANNON and Marie Catherine CORMIER:

James SHANNON (b.26 January 1833, Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 June 1915, Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Christina ARSENEAU 6 July 1859

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1802 Birth
3 May 1802
Cascapedia, Gaspe, Quebec, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Marie Catherine CORMIER and Michael SHANNON 7 October 1827, Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
James SHANNON was born 26 January 1833, Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Catherine was 30 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

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.