Marie BÉCHARD

Born

15 July 1822 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

7 April 1861 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

Marie married Joseph PINSONNEAULT 9 February 1847 in L'Acadie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PINSONNEAULT was born 16 December 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Pierre PINSONNEAULT and Felicite TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Marie BÉCHARD

Parents of Marie BÉCHARD

Father

Louis BECHARD

Mother

Marie GIRARD

Grandparents of Marie BÉCHARD

Paternal grandparents

Louis BÉCHARD Marie-Clothide REMILLARD

Maternal grandparents

Jerome GIRARD Marie-Madeleine PAINCHAUD

daughter of Louis Bechard and Marie Girard

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie BÉCHARD

Marie BÉCHARD married

Joseph PINSONNEAULT
Marriage date: 9 February 1847
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada East
Joseph PINSONNEAULT was the child of Pierre PINSONNEAULT and Felicite TREMBLAY

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

Children of Joseph PINSONNEAULT and Marie BÉCHARD

Philomene PINSONNEAULT

Born: 11 May 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Died: 28 February 1921, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Jean Baptiste DUQUETTE 1873

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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 — 1822
15 July 1822
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Marie BÉCHARD and Joseph PINSONNEAULT 9 February 1847, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 24 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1852 Birth of Child
Philomene PINSONNEAULT was born 11 May 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Marie was 29 years old.

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