Suzanne MONTPETIT

(b. 3 August 1809 , Île-Perrot, Lower Canada d. 30 June 1893 , Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada )

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Suzanne MONTPETIT was born 3 August 1809 in Île-Perrot, Lower Canada

Suzanne MONTPETIT was the child of Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN and Euphronsine LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MONTPETIT and Françoise HUNAULT (maternal) Charles LEDUC and Suzanne LECOMPTE

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

Suzanne married Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS 29 October 1827 in St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 4 September 1801 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Pierre died 23 October 1861 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Pierre was the child of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Josephte GENDRON.

Suzanne MONTPETIT died 30 June 1893 in Saint-Timothée, 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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Suzanne MONTPETIT married

Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS-- Date: 29 October 1827 Place: St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Josephte GENDRON

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Children of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Suzanne MONTPETIT:

Suzanne HENAULT dite DESCHAMPS (b.11 October 1856, Saint-Timothée, Canada East d. 15 January 1907, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada )
m. Alphonse ARCHAMBAULT 19 November 1873 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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1809 Birth
3 August 1809
Île-Perrot, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Suzanne MONTPETIT and Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS 29 October 1827, St-Clement, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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 - 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.

1856 Birth of Child
Suzanne HENAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 11 October 1856, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

Suzanne was 47 years old.

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS died 23 October 1861, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1873 Marriage of Child
Suzanne HENAULT dite DESCHAMPS married 19 November 1873, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois) to Alphonse ARCHAMBAULT

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Death
30 June 1893
Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 83.