Modeste LAFORGE

Born

13 April 1801 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1892 , St-Modeste, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph-Francois LAFORGE dit HUS Marie-Anne SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

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Born: 13 April 1801 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Francois LAFORGE dit HUS

Mother: Marie-Anne SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph HUS LAFORGE , Marie-Anne BRODIERE

Maternal grandparents: Augustin SIROIS , Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Modeste married Ignace PARADIS 30 October 1820 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Ignace PARADIS was born 19 October 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Ignace died 31 January 1844 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Ignace was the child of Ignace PARADIS and Marie Modeste THÉRIAULT.

Modeste LAFORGE died 15 November 1892 in St-Modeste, Quebec, Canada.
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Ignace PARADIS
Marriage date: 30 October 1820
Marriage place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Ignace PARADIS was the child of Ignace PARADIS and Marie Modeste THÉRIAULT

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Birth — 1801
13 April 1801
Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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 Marriage / Partner
Modeste LAFORGE and Ignace PARADIS 30 October 1820, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

She was 19 years old.

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

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ignace PARADIS died 31 January 1844, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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.

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.