François
TESSIER
(b.
23 September 1803
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
d.
18 June 1896
,
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
)
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François TESSIER was born 23 September 1803 in Sorel, Lower Canada
François TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR and Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET (maternal) Pierre-Marie ÉTHIER and Madeleine LANDRYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Marguerite PELOQUIN 26 September 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PELOQUIN was born 15 May 1807 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite died 16 September 1893 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT.
François TESSIER died 18 June 1896 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of François TESSIER
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Marguerite PELOQUIN-- Date: 26 September 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of François TESSIER and Marguerite PELOQUIN:
Marguerite PELOQUIN-- Date: 26 September 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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1803 Birth 23 September 1803
Sorel, Lower Canada
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
1826 Marriage / PartnerFrançois TESSIER and Marguerite PELOQUIN 26 September 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 23 years old.
1826 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1846 Birth of ChildMarie-Reine TESSIER was born 22 March 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
François was 42 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1893 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarguerite PELOQUIN died 16 September 1893 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 Death 18 June 1896
Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 92.
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