Pierre-Damas BEDARD

(b. 11 December 1825 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada d. 5 October 1873 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Damas BEDARD was born 11 December 1825 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada

Pierre-Damas BEDARD was the child of François-Joachim BEDARD and Marie-Angelique DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ambroise BEDARD and Monique OUELLET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Françoise BAUGIS dite BOUGIE

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

Pierre-Damas married Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE 9 January 1849 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE was born 23 March 1828 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Emilie was the child of Charles-Joseph TRUDELLE and Marie-Therese JOBIN.

Pierre-Damas BEDARD died 5 October 1873 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Pierre-Damas BEDARD

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Pierre-Damas BEDARD married

Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE-- Date: 9 January 1849 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East
Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE was the child of Charles-Joseph TRUDELLE and Marie-Therese JOBIN

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Children of Pierre-Damas BEDARD and Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE:

Rose-De-Lima BEDARD (b.abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 March 1915, )
m. Louis-Elzear CHARTRE 4 February 1873 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1825 Birth
11 December 1825
Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada

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

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Damas BEDARD and Marie-Emilie TRUDELLE 9 January 1849, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 23 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

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.