Jacques DELISLE

Born

4 May 1811 , Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Died

19 January 1891 , Donnacona, Québec, Canada

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Jacques DELISLE Madeleine PAGE

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Born: 4 May 1811 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques DELISLE

Mother: Madeleine PAGE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques DELISLE , Elisabeth FISET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PAGE , Clothilde DUSSAULT

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Jacques married Françoise LEVEILLE 21 January 1834 in Donnacona, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise LEVEILLE was born 5 September 1808 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVEILLE and Marie-Angelique GERMAIN.

Jacques DELISLE died 19 January 1891 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada .
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Françoise LEVEILLE
Marriage date: 21 January 1834
Marriage place: Donnacona, Lower Canada
Françoise LEVEILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVEILLE and Marie-Angelique GERMAIN

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Children of Jacques DELISLE and Françoise LEVEILLE

Malvina DELISLE

Born: 24 March 1845, Donnacona, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Pierre-Noe ST-GERMAIN dit FÈLCHE 22 January 1872 Place: Donnacona, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1811
4 May 1811
Neuville, Portneuf, 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

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DELISLE and Françoise LEVEILLE 21 January 1834, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 22 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 Birth of Child
Malvina DELISLE was born 24 March 1845, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Jacques was 33 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.