Hedwidge RATELLE

Born

26 June 1820 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

6 January 1901 , St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada

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Pierre RATELLE Marguerite RICHARD

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Born: 26 June 1820 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre RATELLE

Mother: Marguerite RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Charles RATELLE , Marie Anne BRAULT

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin RICHARD , Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT

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Hedwidge married Antoine DESERRES 25 January 1842 in Maskinongé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine DESERRES was born 31 January 1811 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Antoine died 27 December 1887 in St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada. Antoine was the child of Pierre DESERRE and Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Hedwidge RATELLE died 6 January 1901 in St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada.
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Hedwidge RATELLE married

Antoine DESERRES
Marriage date: 25 January 1842
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Canada East
Antoine DESERRES was the child of Pierre DESERRE and Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Children of Antoine DESERRES and Hedwidge RATELLE

Ovide Ildege DE SERRES

Born: March 3, 1860, Joliette, Canada East
Died: September 3, 1900, Mosinee, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Dina LAPORTE 17 August 1880

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Birth — 1820
26 June 1820
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Hedwidge RATELLE and Antoine DESERRES 25 January 1842, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 21 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Ovide Ildege DE SERRES was born March 3, 1860, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Hedwidge was 39 years old.

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.