Pierre VANDAL

(b. 21 January 1814 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 15 May 1882 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre VANDAL was born 21 January 1814 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Pierre VANDAL was the child of Augustin VANDAL and Marie-Barbe DURIVAGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Mathieu VANDAL and Angélique AUGER (maternal) Antoine-Francois DURIVAGE dit ANGO and Barbe-Marc BENOIT

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

Pierre married Marie-Serene-Sara HALL 2 February 1836 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Serene-Sara HALL was born 13 July 1819 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Serene-Sara died 23 December 1843 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Pierre VANDAL died 15 May 1882 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada .

m. Boulard Genevieve
m. Hall Marie-Serene-Sara
m. Ratier Marie

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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Pierre VANDAL married

Marie-Serene-Sara HALL-- Date: 2 February 1836 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Children of Pierre VANDAL and Marie-Serene-Sara HALL:

Pierre VANDAL (b.10 November 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 2 November 1912, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Sophie LEMOINE 27 November 1860 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1814 Birth
21 January 1814
Saint-Ours, 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VANDAL and Marie-Serene-Sara HALL 2 February 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 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

1838 Birth of Child
Pierre VANDAL was born 10 November 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 24 years old.

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Serene-Sara HALL died 23 December 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Pierre VANDAL married 27 November 1860, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Sophie LEMOINE

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.