Joseph MARCHAND

Born

24 August 1824 , Iberville, Lower Canada

Died

8 February 1869 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Rachelle HEBERT 7 January 1846 in L'Acadie, Canada East .
Rachelle HEBERT was born 13 September 1826 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Rachelle died 5 November 1863 in L'Acadie, Canada East . Rachelle was the child of Simon HÉBERT and Sophie DUFAULT .

Parents & Family of Joseph MARCHAND

Parents of Joseph MARCHAND

Father

Michel MARCHAND

Mother

Suzanne CHAREST

Grandparents of Joseph MARCHAND

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MARCHAND Marie-Anne BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents

Joseph CHAREST Marie-Anne BOISVERT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph MARCHAND

Joseph MARCHAND married

Rachelle HEBERT
Marriage date: 7 January 1846
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Rachelle HEBERT was the child of Simon HÉBERT and Sophie DUFAULT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph MARCHAND and Rachelle HEBERT

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1824
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

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.