Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ

(b. 5 September 1803 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 7 March 1874 , Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ was born 5 September 1803 in Québec, Lower Canada

Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ was the child of Joseph BIDEGARÉ and Marie-Angelique MCCLURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DEBIGARE (BIDEGARE) and Charlotte FLUET (maternal) Andre MCCLURE and Marie-Anne GAUVREAU

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

Joseph-Andre married Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE 27 January 1829 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE was born 20 December 1813 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie died 10 January 1837 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie was the child of Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Genevieve PARE.

Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ died 7 March 1874 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada.
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Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ married

Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE-- Date: 27 January 1829 Place: Québec, Lower Canada
Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Genevieve PARE

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Children of Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ and Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE:

Joseph BIDÉGARÉ (b.21 February 1830, Québec, Lower Canada d. 6 March 1891, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Genevieve NADEAU 1 July 1861 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1803 Birth
5 September 1803
Québec, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Andre BIDEGARÉ and Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE 27 January 1829, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph BIDÉGARÉ was born 21 February 1830, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Andre was 26 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie PÉPIN dite LACHANCE died 10 January 1837, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Joseph BIDÉGARÉ married 1 July 1861, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Genevieve NADEAU

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.