Philys (Philie) TESSIER

(b. 4 November 1830 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 10 October 1871 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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Philys (Philie) TESSIER was born 4 November 1830 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Philys (Philie) TESSIER was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Henriette MORAND dite DOUVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel TESSIER and Geneviève RICHARD (maternal) Pierre MORAND and Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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Philys (Philie) married Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Canada East . Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS was born 24 January 1826 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Robert-Hulderic died 28 June 1883 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada. Robert-Hulderic was the child of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON.

Philys (Philie) TESSIER died 10 October 1871 in Saint-Casimir, 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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Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS-- Date: 20 August 1850 Place: Saint-Casimir, Canada East
Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS was the child of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON

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1830 Birth
4 November 1830
La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Philys (Philie) TESSIER and Robert-Hulderic GRANDBOIS 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

She was 19 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

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.