François-Xavier PRIVÉ

(b. 30 June 1808 , Verchères, Lower Canada d. 13 October 1877 , Verchères, Québec, Canada )

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François-Xavier PRIVÉ was born 30 June 1808 in Verchères, Lower Canada

François-Xavier PRIVÉ was the child of Joseph PRIVÉ and Catherine MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PRIVÉ and Marie-Amable CHAGNON (maternal) François MEUNIER and Thérèse COTE

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

François-Xavier married Dorothee CHICOINE 29 February 1848 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorothee CHICOINE was born 5 February 1827 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Dorothee died 21 May 1882 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Dorothee was the child of Pierre CHICOINE and Julie DANSEREAU.

François-Xavier PRIVÉ died 13 October 1877 in Verchères, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of François-Xavier PRIVÉ

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François-Xavier PRIVÉ married

Dorothee CHICOINE-- Date: 29 February 1848 Place: Verchères, Canada East
Dorothee CHICOINE was the child of Pierre CHICOINE and Julie DANSEREAU

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Children of François-Xavier PRIVÉ and Dorothee CHICOINE:

Marie-Aurélie PRIVÉ (b.11/10/1852, Verchères, Canada East d. , )
m. Joseph-Hermas LAROSE dit CHAGNON 29 June 1873 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1808 Birth
30 June 1808
Verchères, 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 - 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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier PRIVÉ and Dorothee CHICOINE 29 February 1848, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 39 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
Marie-Aurélie PRIVÉ was born 11/10/1852, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François-Xavier was 44 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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Marriage of Child
Marie-Aurélie PRIVÉ married 29 June 1873, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Joseph-Hermas LAROSE dit CHAGNON

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.