Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Born

7 August 1786 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 July 1870 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Ursule married François LAFAILLE 10 February 1800 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François LAFAILLE was born 5 September 1776 in New England, USA. François died 5 March 1849 in L'Acadie, Canada East . François was the child of François LAFAILLE and Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS) .

Parents & Family of Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Parents of Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Father

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER

Mother

Marie-Marguerite BOURDEAU

Grandparents of Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER Marie-Anne ROY

Maternal grandparents

Laurent BOURDEAU Marie-Josephte MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Marie-Ursule MERCIER married

François LAFAILLE
Marriage date: 10 February 1800
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
François LAFAILLE was the child of François LAFAILLE and Marguerite FOREST (FORAIS)

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

Children of François LAFAILLE and Marie-Ursule MERCIER

Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE

Born: 13 September 1810, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise GRANGER 23 July 1830 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Emilie DUFAULT 27 October 1856 Place: L'Acadie, Canada East

Hubert LAFAILLE

Born: 6 September 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Rose LANGLOIS 22 April 1834 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Salomon LAFAILLE

Born: 25 September 1819, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 5 September 1900, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Marcelline MOLLEUR 7 February 1844 Place: L'Acadie, Canada East

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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 — 1786
7 August 1786
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ursule MERCIER and François LAFAILLE 10 February 1800, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 13 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE was born 13 September 1810, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Hubert LAFAILLE was born 6 September 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 29 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Salomon LAFAILLE was born 25 September 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Ursule was 33 years old.

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

1830 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE married 23 July 1830, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Marie-Louise GRANGER

1834 Marriage of Child
Hubert LAFAILLE married 22 April 1834, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada to Rose LANGLOIS

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 of Child
Salomon LAFAILLE married 7 February 1844, L'Acadie, Canada East to Marcelline MOLLEUR

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)

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
François LAFAILLE died 5 March 1849, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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

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

1856 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Noel LAFAILLE married 27 October 1856, L'Acadie, Canada East to Emilie DUFAULT

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.