Pierre ROYER

Born

8 January 1785 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 August 1870 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Noel ROYER Angelique AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Born: 8 January 1785 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre-Noel ROYER

Mother: Angelique AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents: Augustin ROYER , Angélique PEPIN

Maternal grandparents: Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE , Angelique DRAPEAU

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Pierre married Angelique PARÉ 11 August 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique PARÉ was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada. Angelique died 18 November 1844 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . Angelique was the child of Joseph PARÉ and Agathe BLOUIN.

Pierre ROYER died 17 August 1870 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .
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Pierre ROYER married

Angelique PARÉ
Marriage date: 11 August 1806
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Angelique PARÉ was the child of Joseph PARÉ and Agathe BLOUIN

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Children of Pierre ROYER and Angelique PARÉ

Sophie ROYER

Born: 19 November 1818, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis LAPLANTE 20 August 1839 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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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 — 1785
8 January 1785
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROYER and Angelique PARÉ 11 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Sophie ROYER was born 19 November 1818, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Pierre was 33 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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Sophie ROYER married 20 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada to Louis LAPLANTE

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
Angelique PARÉ died 18 November 1844, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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.