Paul PLANTE

(b. 27 May 1826 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada d. 3 August 1863 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East )

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Paul PLANTE was born 27 May 1826 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Paul PLANTE was the child of Alexis PLANTE and Marie-Louise HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Joseph PLANTE and Elisabeth BERGERON (maternal) Louis HUS COURNOYER and Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Paul married Sophie BIBEAU 16 May 1854 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie BIBEAU was born 29 March 1833 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Sophie died 22 November 1893 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Sophie was the child of Charles BIBEAU and Marie-Anne HUS PAUL.

Paul PLANTE died 3 August 1863 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East .
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Paul PLANTE

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Paul PLANTE married

Sophie BIBEAU-- Date: 16 May 1854 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Sophie BIBEAU was the child of Charles BIBEAU and Marie-Anne HUS PAUL

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Children of Paul PLANTE and Sophie BIBEAU:

Pierre PLANTE (b.19 July 1858, Berthierville, Canada East d. , )
m. Delvina-Marie-Rose CARDIN 4 April 1880 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1826 Birth
27 May 1826
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Paul PLANTE and Sophie BIBEAU 16 May 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Pierre PLANTE was born 19 July 1858, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Paul was 32 years old.