Salomon LAFAILLE

Born

25 September 1819 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

5 September 1900 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Salomon married Marcelline MOLLEUR 7 February 1844 in L'Acadie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline MOLLEUR was born 20 October 1824 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Marcelline died 6 July 1892 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada . Marcelline was the child of François MOLLEUR and Marguerite DUPUIS .

Parents & Family of Salomon LAFAILLE

Parents of Salomon LAFAILLE

Father

François LAFAILLE

Mother

Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Grandparents of Salomon LAFAILLE

Paternal grandparents

François LAFAILLE Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS)

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER Marie-Marguerite BOURDEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Salomon LAFAILLE

Salomon LAFAILLE married

Marcelline MOLLEUR
Marriage date: 7 February 1844
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada East
Marcelline MOLLEUR was the child of François MOLLEUR and Marguerite DUPUIS

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

Children of Salomon LAFAILLE and Marcelline MOLLEUR

Jean Baptiste John LAFAILLE

Born: abt. 1860,
Died: ,

Married: Marie Louise BOUDREAU

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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 — 1819
25 September 1819
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Salomon LAFAILLE and Marcelline MOLLEUR 7 February 1844, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 24 years old.

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.