Alexandre BOURASSA

(b. 26 July 1797 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 23 August 1886 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Alexandre BOURASSA was born 26 July 1797 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Alexandre BOURASSA was the child of François BOURASSA and Josephte GODIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Albert-Jacques BOURASSA and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BROSSEAU (maternal) Pierre GODIN and Angélique CHARPENTIER

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Alexandre married Marie-Angéle GUERIN 8 November 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angéle GUERIN was born 26 March 1804 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie-Angéle died 13 October 1877 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Marie-Angéle was the child of Pierre GUERIN and Marguerite FARDET (FORDAIS) dite COMPTOIS.

Alexandre BOURASSA died 23 August 1886 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, 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 Alexandre BOURASSA

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Alexandre BOURASSA married

Marie-Angéle GUERIN-- Date: 8 November 1819 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
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Marie-Angéle GUERIN was the child of Pierre GUERIN and Marguerite FARDET (FORDAIS) dite COMPTOIS

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Children of Alexandre BOURASSA and Marie-Angéle GUERIN:

Angele BOURASSA (b.1 May 1821, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 7 December 1900, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Felix BOUCHER 27 January 1841 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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1797 Birth
26 July 1797
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre BOURASSA and Marie-Angéle GUERIN 8 November 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 22 years old.

1819 marriage

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1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Angele BOURASSA was born 1 May 1821, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Alexandre was 23 years old.

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)

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 Marriage of Child
Angele BOURASSA married 27 January 1841, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Felix BOUCHER

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.