Prudent GENDRON

Born

7 April 1795 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

7 March 1879 , Bai-des-Sables, Canada

Prudent married Henriette CHAMARD 23 January 1821 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette CHAMARD was born 17 July 1800 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Henriette died 16 September 1881 in St-Moise, Matapédia, Canada. Henriette was the child of Joseph? CHAMARD and Josephte DANCOSSE .

Parents & Family of Prudent GENDRON

Parents of Prudent GENDRON

Father

Pierre-Noel GENDRON

Mother

Euphronsine ST-LAURENT

Grandparents of Prudent GENDRON

Paternal grandparents

Jacques GENDRON Françoise MERCIER

Maternal grandparents

Germain ST-LAURENT Veronique RUEST (RUAIS)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Prudent GENDRON

Prudent GENDRON married

Henriette CHAMARD
Marriage date: 23 January 1821
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Henriette CHAMARD was the child of Joseph? CHAMARD and Josephte DANCOSSE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Prudent GENDRON and Henriette CHAMARD

Germain GENDRON

Born: 9 October 1826, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 27 July 1910, Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Married: Catherine DRAPEAU 9 January 1849 Place: Sainte-Luce, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1795
7 April 1795
Rimouski, 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Prudent GENDRON and Henriette CHAMARD 23 January 1821, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 25 years old.

1821 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Germain GENDRON was born 9 October 1826, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Prudent was 31 years old.

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

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Germain GENDRON married 9 January 1849, Sainte-Luce, Canada East to Catherine DRAPEAU

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.