Théophile PINSONNAULT

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18 March 1829 , Lacolle, Lower Canada

Died

3 July 1913 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

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Joseph PINSONNEAULT Josephe CORBIÈRE

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Born: 18 March 1829 in Lacolle, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph PINSONNEAULT

Mother: Josephe CORBIÈRE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Michel PINSONNEAULT , Cecile Salome SMITH

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CORBIÈRE dit LAJEUNESSE , Marie-Josephe BOURDON

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Théophile married Marie TREMBLAY 22 November 1853 in Lacolle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie TREMBLAY was born abt. 1816 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Jean-Denis TREMBLAY and Marguerite LAFETIERE.

Théophile PINSONNAULT died 3 July 1913 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .

Alternate death: 3 JULY 1913 • Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Théophile PINSONNAULT married

Marie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 22 November 1853
Marriage place: Lacolle, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Denis TREMBLAY and Marguerite LAFETIERE

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Children of Théophile PINSONNAULT and Marie TREMBLAY

Eudoxie PINSONNAULT

Born: 30 April 1855, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: October 29, 1934, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Antoine THIBERT 11 October 1881 Place: Tilbury, Ontario, Canada

Joseph PINSONEAULT

Born: December 1856, Saint Bernard, La Nouvelle-Beauce, Quebec, Canada
Died: abt. 1941, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Mathilde CHOINIERE (SABOURIN)

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Birth — 1829
18 March 1829
Lacolle, Lower Canada

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Théophile PINSONNAULT and Marie TREMBLAY 22 November 1853, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

He was 24 years old.

1853 marriage

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Eudoxie PINSONNAULT was born 30 April 1855, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Théophile was 26 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Joseph PINSONEAULT was born December 1856, Saint Bernard, La Nouvelle-Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Théophile 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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1881 Marriage of Child
Eudoxie PINSONNAULT married 11 October 1881, Tilbury, Ontario, Canada to Antoine THIBERT

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic