Joachim PILON

(b. 3 August 1800 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada d. 24 July 1874 , Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

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Joachim PILON was born 3 August 1800 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Joachim PILON was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Marie-Charlotte RANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Amable PILON and Marie-Louise-Suzanne BRAZEAU (maternal) Hubert RANGER and Elisabeth ROBILLARD

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

Joachim married Christine LALONDE 11 February 1822 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christine LALONDE was born 24 May 1806 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Christine died 25 March 1837 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Christine was the child of Joseph LALONDE and Angélique PILON.

Joachim PILON died 24 July 1874 in Vaudreuil, 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 Joachim PILON

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Joachim PILON married

Christine LALONDE-- Date: 11 February 1822 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada
Christine LALONDE was the child of Joseph LALONDE and Angélique PILON

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Children of Joachim PILON and Christine LALONDE:

Jean-Baptiste PILON (b.15 December 1825, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 15 April 1903, Russell, Ontario, Canada)
m. Lucie MENARD 8 January 1856

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1800 Birth
3 August 1800
Sainte-Geneviève, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Joachim PILON and Christine LALONDE 11 February 1822, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 21 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PILON was born 15 December 1825, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Joachim was 25 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Christine LALONDE died 25 March 1837, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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.

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.