Ignace PARADIS

Born

23 July 1786 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 September 1865 , Plessisville, Canada East

Parents & Family of Ignace PARADIS

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Born: 23 July 1786 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Ignace PARADIS

Father

Pierre PARADIS

Mother

Marie-Louise GUAY

Grandparents of Ignace PARADIS

Paternal grandparents

Pierre PARADIS Marie-Ursule CANTIN (QUENTIN)

Maternal grandparents

Louis GUAY Geneviève BOURGET

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

Ignace married Marie BOURASSA 23 May 1814 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BOURASSA was born 20 April 1799 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Marie died 16 February 1862 in Plessisville, Canada East . Marie was the child of François BOURASSA and Marguerite COUTURE.

Ignace PARADIS died 17 September 1865 in Plessisville, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ignace PARADIS

Ignace PARADIS married

Marie BOURASSA
Marriage date: 23 May 1814
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie BOURASSA was the child of François BOURASSA and Marguerite COUTURE

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

Children of Ignace PARADIS and Marie BOURASSA

Joseph PARADIS

Born: 18 August 1832, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Eleonore BERNIER 1 April 1845 Place: Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East

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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 — 1786
23 July 1786
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Ignace PARADIS and Marie BOURASSA 23 May 1814, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 27 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Joseph PARADIS was born 18 August 1832, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Ignace was 46 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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Joseph PARADIS married 1 April 1845, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Canada East to Marie-Eleonore BERNIER

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)