Francois BISAILLON

(b. 17 June 1797 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 28 June 1871 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Francois BISAILLON was born 17 June 1797 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Francois BISAILLON was the child of Claude-Jean BISAILLON and Josephte BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BISAILLON and Marie-Helene LALANNE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BAILLARGEON and Marie-Josephe-Marguerite DESNOYERS

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Francois married Marie-Josephte RAYMOND 20 October 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte RAYMOND was born 14 January 1799 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Josephte died 3 July 1871 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles RAYMOND and Marie-Marguerite PINSONNEAULT.

Francois BISAILLON died 28 June 1871 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Francois BISAILLON married

Marie-Josephte RAYMOND-- Date: 20 October 1817 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte RAYMOND was the child of Charles RAYMOND and Marie-Marguerite PINSONNEAULT

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Children of Francois BISAILLON and Marie-Josephte RAYMOND:

Flavie BISAILLON (b.5 August 1818, Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1887, Napierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 1 February 1842 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1797 Birth
17 June 1797
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Francois BISAILLON and Marie-Josephte RAYMOND 20 October 1817 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 20 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Flavie BISAILLON was born 5 August 1818, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Francois was 21 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

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Flavie BISAILLON married 1 February 1842, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.