Louis TESSIER

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abt. 1807 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

23 May 1879 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Joseph TESSIER Marie-Madeleine LANDRY

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Born: abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph TESSIER

Mother: Marie-Madeleine LANDRY

Paternal grandparents: Pierre TESSIER , Marguerite GÉLINAS

Maternal grandparents: Charles LANDRY , Marie HEBERT

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Louis married Marie VIENS 29 September 1828 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie VIENS was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie died abt. 1879 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph VIENS and Catherine RITCHOT.

Louis TESSIER died 23 May 1879 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .
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Louis TESSIER married

Marie VIENS
Marriage date: 29 September 1828
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marie VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS and Catherine RITCHOT

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

Children of Louis TESSIER and Marie VIENS

Joseph TESSIER

Born: abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Angele LACHAPELLE 23 February 1857 Place: Saint-David, Canada East

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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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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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Louis TESSIER and Marie VIENS 29 September 1828, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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)

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Joseph TESSIER married 23 February 1857, Saint-David, Canada East to Angele LACHAPELLE

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.