Raphael LEGER

Born

19 March 1813 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

22 December 1895 , Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jean LEGER Marie Geneviève CORMIER

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Born: 19 March 1813 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Jean LEGER

Mother: Marie Geneviève CORMIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LEGER , Anne GAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CORMIER , Marie-Rosalie GODIN

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Raphael married Apollonie JAILLET 22 January 1833 in Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apollonie JAILLET was born January1808 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada. Apollonie died 31 January 1875 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada. Apollonie was the child of Jean Pierre JAILLET and Marie Madeleine LEGER.

Raphael LEGER died 22 December 1895 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Apollonie JAILLET
Marriage date: 22 January 1833
Marriage place: Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada
Apollonie JAILLET was the child of Jean Pierre JAILLET and Marie Madeleine LEGER

Children of Raphael LEGER and Apollonie JAILLET

Edouard LEGER

Born: 3 August 1838, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 27 October 1903,

Married: Madeleine RICHARD 9 November 1857

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Birth — 1813
19 March 1813
Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage / Partner
Raphael LEGER and Apollonie JAILLET 22 January 1833, Richibouctou, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Edouard LEGER was born 3 August 1838, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

Raphael was 25 years old.

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.

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.