Geneviève RICHARDSON

(b. 30 April 1829 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 4 May 1884 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Geneviève RICHARDSON was born 30 April 1829 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Geneviève RICHARDSON was the child of William RICHARDSON and Marguerite LEBRETON and the grandchild of: (maternal) René ROBERT dit LEBRETON and Anne Apolline HEBERT

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Geneviève married Tranquille Jean SAULNIER abt. 1850 . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was born May 1824 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Tranquille Jean died 14 February 1886 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Tranquille Jean was the child of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU.

Geneviève RICHARDSON died 4 May 1884 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Geneviève RICHARDSON married

Tranquille Jean SAULNIER-- Date: abt. 1850 Place:
Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was the child of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU

Children of Tranquille Jean SAULNIER and Geneviève RICHARDSON:

Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Jean SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.abt. 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 6 March 1922, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER) (b.21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Gregoire SONIER (SAULNIER) (b.May 1871, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marie BASQUE

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1829 Birth
30 April 1829
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

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Baptism
1 January 1830 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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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)

1850 Birth of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 20 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 25 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Jean SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 30 years old.

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.