Antoine TESSIER

Born

29 October 1800 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Died

8 May 1873 , St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

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Ignace TESSIER Marie-Anne LEDUC

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Born: 29 October 1800 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Father: Ignace TESSIER

Mother: Marie-Anne LEDUC

Paternal grandparents: Jacques TESSIER , Marguerite SURETTE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine LEDUC , Josephe DIEL

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Antoine married Marie-Anne BRANCHARD 8 January 1822 in St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne BRANCHARD was born 28 November 1802 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Anne died 26 January 1890 in St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of François BRANCHARD and Felicite MAROIS.

Antoine TESSIER died 8 May 1873 in St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada.
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Antoine TESSIER married

Marie-Anne BRANCHARD
Marriage date: 8 January 1822
Marriage place: St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Marie-Anne BRANCHARD was the child of François BRANCHARD and Felicite MAROIS

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Children of Antoine TESSIER and Marie-Anne BRANCHARD

Elmire TESSIER

Born: 1 October 1830, Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Laurent GENDRON 18 February 1851

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Birth — 1800
29 October 1800
Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Antoine TESSIER and Marie-Anne BRANCHARD 8 January 1822, St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Elmire TESSIER was born 1 October 1830, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

Antoine was 29 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.

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.