Henri PELLETIER

Born

4 May 1813 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Died

30 October 1900 , Fairfield, Vermont, USA

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Henri PELLETIER Marie-Josephte DODIER

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Born: 4 May 1813 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

Father: Henri PELLETIER

Mother: Marie-Josephte DODIER

Paternal grandparents: Augustin PELLETIER , Angélique MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie DODIER , Marie-Christine ROY

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Henri married Josephte LAPORTE 22 October 1833 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAPORTE was born 4 July 1812 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres).

Henri PELLETIER died 30 October 1900 in Fairfield, Vermont, USA .
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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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Henri PELLETIER married

Josephte LAPORTE
Marriage date: 22 October 1833
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada

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Children of Henri PELLETIER and Josephte LAPORTE

Henry PELKEY (PELLETIER)

Born: 22 February 1837, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: 8 August 1915, St Albans, Vermont, USA

Married: Anastasie Lydia BOURGEOIS 10 August 1862 Place: Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA (South Ashburnham) (North Ashburnham) (Ashburnham Depot)

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Birth — 1813
4 May 1813
Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1833 Marriage / Partner
Henri PELLETIER and Josephte LAPORTE 22 October 1833, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 20 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Henry PELKEY (PELLETIER) was born 22 February 1837, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Henri was 23 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage of Child
Henry PELKEY (PELLETIER) married 10 August 1862, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA (South Ashburnham) (North Ashburnham) (Ashburnham Depot) to Anastasie Lydia BOURGEOIS

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)