Joseph MARCHAND

(b. 24 August 1824 , Iberville, Lower Canada d. 8 February 1869 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MARCHAND was born 24 August 1824 in Iberville, Lower Canada

Joseph MARCHAND was the child of Michel MARCHAND and Suzanne CHAREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARCHAND and Marie-Anne BOIVIN (maternal) Joseph CHAREST and Marie-Anne BOISVERT

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Joseph married Rachelle HEBERT 7 January 1846 in L'Acadie, Canada East . Rachelle HEBERT was born 13 September 1826 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Rachelle died 5 November 1863 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Rachelle was the child of Simon HÉBERT and Sophie DUFAULT.

Joseph MARCHAND died 8 February 1869 in L'Acadie, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Joseph MARCHAND married

Rachelle HEBERT-- Date: 7 January 1846 Place: L'Acadie, Canada East
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Rachelle HEBERT was the child of Simon HÉBERT and Sophie DUFAULT

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1824 Birth
24 August 1824
Iberville, Lower Canada

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MARCHAND and Rachelle HEBERT 7 January 1846, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

1846 marriage

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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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rachelle HEBERT died 5 November 1863, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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.