flag male ancestor  Marcel  POIRIER

  (b. 11 February 1812 Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada   d. 20 August 1871 L'Assomption, Québec, Canada )  

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Marcel POIRIER was born 11 February 1812 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Marcel POIRIER was the child of Julien POIRIER   and   Elisabeth-Isabelle THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Hilaire POIRIER and Angelique DUGAS (maternal)  Joseph THIBODEAU and Isabelle LEBLANC

Marcel POIRIER died 20 August 1871 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada .





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Did You Know? 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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birth1812 Birth
11 February 1812
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1871 Death
20 August 1871
L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 59.
Added: 9/12/2019 10:53:57 AM - Updated: 9/12/2019 10:53:57 AM

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