Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL

Born

25 October 1782 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

4 June 1855 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

Parents & Family of Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL

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Born: 25 October 1782 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL

Father

Joseph VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL

Mother

Marie GAUDREAU

Grandparents of Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL

Paternal grandparents

Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL Claire DUMAS

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU Elisabeth CYR

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

Gregoire married Marie-Honosime PLANTE 12 July 1831 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Honosime PLANTE was born abt. 1811 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Marie-Honosime was the child of Charles PLANTE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE.

Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL died 4 June 1855 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL

Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL married

Marie-Honosime PLANTE
Marriage date: 12 July 1831
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Honosime PLANTE was the child of Charles PLANTE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

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

Children of Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL and Marie-Honosime PLANTE

Cesarie BEAUSOLEIL

Born: 15 December 1833, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 23 May 1911, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste COUPAL 13 May 1856 Place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

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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 — 1782
25 October 1782
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Gregoire BEAUSOLEIL and Marie-Honosime PLANTE 12 July 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 48 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Cesarie BEAUSOLEIL was born 15 December 1833, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Gregoire was 51 years old.

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.

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