Isidore TURGEON

(b. 5 April 1818 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1874 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Isidore TURGEON was born 5 April 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Isidore TURGEON was the child of Antoine TURGEON and Emerence FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) François TURGEON and Marie-Angélique LABRECQUE (maternal) Joseph FILION and

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

Isidore married Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT 14 January 1851 in Napierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT was born 16 July 1829 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anatalie died 2 June 1867 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marie-Anatalie was the child of Alexis LANCTOT and Marie-Louise CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET (CAYER).

Isidore TURGEON died 20 March 1874 in Napierville, 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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Isidore TURGEON married

Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT-- Date: 14 January 1851 Place: Napierville, Canada East
Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT was the child of Alexis LANCTOT and Marie-Louise CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET (CAYER)

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Children of Isidore TURGEON and Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT:

Charles TURGEON (b.21 March 1855, Napierville, Canada East d. , )
m. Libere HEBERT 28 April 1874 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1818 Birth
5 April 1818
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Isidore TURGEON and Marie-Anatalie LANCTOT 14 January 1851, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 32 years old.

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

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

1855 Birth of Child
Charles TURGEON was born 21 March 1855, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Isidore was 36 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.