Marguerite LABROSSE

(b. 10 July 1822 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. 24 October 1889 , Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada )

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Marguerite LABROSSE was born 10 July 1822 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Marguerite LABROSSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LABROSSE and Josephte FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LABROSSE and Marie-Rose BIROLEAU (maternal) Antoine FILION and Marie-Charlotte PARADIS

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

Marguerite married Joseph-Leandre MENARD 4 February 1839 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph-Leandre MENARD was born 21 July 1812 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph-Leandre died 12 June 1882 in Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland). Joseph-Leandre was the child of Pierre MENARD and Marie-Charlotte CHARTRAND.

Marguerite LABROSSE died 24 October 1889 in Clarence Creek, Ontario, 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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Marguerite LABROSSE married

Joseph-Leandre MENARD-- Date: 4 February 1839 Place: Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada
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Joseph-Leandre MENARD was the child of Pierre MENARD and Marie-Charlotte CHARTRAND

Name: Joseph Leandre Menard
Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 1839
[4 Feb 1839]
Marriage Place: St-Hermas, Québec (Quebec)
Spouse: Marguerite Labrosse

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Children of Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite LABROSSE:

Leandre MENARD (b.2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada d. , )

Melina MENARD (b.12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East d. , )

Sophie MENARD (b.14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East d. 20 November 1900, Nahma, Delta Co., Michigan, USA)
m. Thomas GROLEAU 26 July 1870 in Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland)

Delima MENARD (b.29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Canada West d. , )

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1822 Birth
10 July 1822
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LABROSSE and Joseph-Leandre MENARD 4 February 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1839 Birth of Child
Leandre MENARD was born 2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 17 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Melina MENARD was born 12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Sophie MENARD was born 14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Delima MENARD was born 29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland)

Marguerite was 39 years old.

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.