flag male ancestor  Medard  POISSANT

  (b. 5 September 1814 Saint-Constant, Lower Canada   d. 18 March 1896 Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada )  

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Medard POISSANT was born 5 September 1814 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Medard POISSANT was the child of André POISSANT   and   Marie-Elisabeth PERRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX

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Medard  married  Mathilde-Martine PRIMEAU 6 February 1837 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Mathilde-Martine PRIMEAU  was born 27 January 1817 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada.  Mathilde-Martine died 29 March 1892 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough).  Mathilde-Martine was the child of François PRIMEAU and Marguerite DUPUIS.

Medard POISSANT died 18 March 1896 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1814 Birth
5 September 1814
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1837 Marriage / Partner
Medard POISSANT and Mathilde-Martine PRIMEAU 6 February 1837 , Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1841 Birth of Child
Aurelie POISSANT was born 24 May 1841, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Medard was 26 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1847 Birth of Child
Marie Olive Elise POISSANT was born 5 April 1847, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Medard was 32 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1870 Marriage of Child
Marie Olive Elise POISSANT married 23 August 1870, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Chrysostome (Chrysologue) DEMERS
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1878 Marriage of Child
Marie Olive Elise POISSANT married 10 May 1878, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon) to Joseph TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1892 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathilde-Martine PRIMEAU died 29 March 1892, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1896 Death
18 March 1896
Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 2/7/2018 8:09:10 PM - Updated: 5/23/2024 12:35:09 PM

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