Marie-Marguerite FORCIER

(b. 17 March 1801 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 11 May 1884 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite FORCIER was born 17 March 1801 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Marie-Marguerite FORCIER was the child of Augustin FORCIER and Marguerite HUS PAUL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Angelique PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Paul-Ignace HUS PAUL and Françoise FAFARD dite JOINVILLE

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

Marie-Marguerite married Antoine DELARD (DELLARD) 7 January 1823 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine DELARD (DELLARD) was born 1 November 1794 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Antoine was the child of François DELARD (DELLARD) and Catherine LAVALLEE.

Marie-Marguerite FORCIER died 11 May 1884 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

m. 7 Jan 1823, St Pierre-de-Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Antoine Delard
(1794–1865)

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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 Marie-Marguerite FORCIER

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Marie-Marguerite FORCIER married

Antoine DELARD (DELLARD)-- Date: 7 January 1823 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Antoine DELARD (DELLARD) was the child of François DELARD (DELLARD) and Catherine LAVALLEE

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Children of Antoine DELARD (DELLARD) and Marie-Marguerite FORCIER:

Marguerite DELARD (DELLARD) (b.4 January 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre LATRAVERSE 16 February 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie DELARD (DELLARD) (b.14 July 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Narcisse LAVALLEE 5 October 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1801 Birth
17 March 1801
Sorel, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite FORCIER and Antoine DELARD (DELLARD) 7 January 1823, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 21 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marguerite DELARD (DELLARD) was born 4 January 1824, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Marguerite was 22 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Marie DELARD (DELLARD) was born 14 July 1825, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Marguerite was 24 years old.

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DELARD (DELLARD) married 16 February 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Pierre LATRAVERSE

1841 Marriage of Child
Marie DELARD (DELLARD) married 5 October 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Narcisse LAVALLEE

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.