Adrien PICHÉ

(b. 13 May 1791 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada d. 27 November 1879 , Portneuf, Québec, Canada )

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Adrien PICHÉ was born 13 May 1791 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Adrien PICHÉ was the child of Hyacinthe PICHÉ and Françoise GIGNAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Adrien PICHÉ and Madeleine MATTE (maternal) Pierre GIGNAC and Françoise HARDY

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

Adrien married Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE 7 February 1815 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE was born 1 June 1794 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Marguerite died 14 April 1885 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Marie FRENETTE and Thérèse LEFEBVRE.

Adrien PICHÉ died 27 November 1879 in Portneuf, 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 Adrien PICHÉ

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Adrien PICHÉ married

Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE-- Date: 7 February 1815 Place: Cap-Santé, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE was the child of Joseph-Marie FRENETTE and Thérèse LEFEBVRE

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Children of Adrien PICHÉ and Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE:

Joseph Samuel PICHÉ (b.20 May 1842, Cap-Santé, Canada East d. 13 March 1912, Winooski, Vermont, USA)
m. Sarah ALLARD 24 April 1865 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf)

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1791 Birth
13 May 1791
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Adrien PICHÉ and Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE 7 February 1815, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 23 years old.

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)

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

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph Samuel PICHÉ was born 20 May 1842, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Adrien was 51 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Joseph Samuel PICHÉ married 24 April 1865, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf) to Sarah ALLARD

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.