Amable MESSIER

Born

8 February 1822 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

29 April 1893 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Amable married Marie-Leonice RACICOT 2 February 1841 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Leonice RACICOT was born 10 November 1823 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . Marie-Leonice died 7 April 1898 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marie-Leonice was the child of François RACICOT and Josephte LACOSTE .

Parents & Family of Amable MESSIER

Parents of Amable MESSIER

Father

Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS

Mother

Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

Grandparents of Amable MESSIER

Paternal grandparents

Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS Madeleine BUSSIÈRE

Maternal grandparents

Michel QUINTIN dit DUBOIS Geneviève GEOFFRION

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Amable MESSIER

Amable MESSIER married

Marie-Leonice RACICOT
Marriage date: 2 February 1841
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada East
Marie-Leonice RACICOT was the child of François RACICOT and Josephte LACOSTE

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

Children of Amable MESSIER and Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Onesime-Marie MESSIER

Born: 1 January 1846, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 19 August 1883, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 19 July 1875 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1822
8 February 1822
Varennes, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Amable MESSIER and Marie-Leonice RACICOT 2 February 1841, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 18 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER was born 1 January 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Amable was 23 years old.

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.