André PLASSE

Born

9 August 1826 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

5 October 1875 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Andre-Henry PLASSE Catherine LAVALLEE

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Born: 9 August 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Andre-Henry PLASSE

Mother: Catherine LAVALLEE

Paternal grandparents: Peter Andre Philipp PLASSE , Marie-Anne LEFORT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LAVALLEE , Catherine LETENDRE

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André married Adelaide GAGNON 6 November 1855 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide GAGNON was born 29 August 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Adelaide died 4 June 1901 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).

André PLASSE died 5 October 1875 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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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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André PLASSE married

Adelaide GAGNON
Marriage date: 6 November 1855
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East

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Children of André PLASSE and Adelaide GAGNON

Zephirin PLASSE

Born: 4 August 1857, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: abt. 1933, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Mary PLANTE 29 January 1885 Place: Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1826
9 August 1826
Sorel, 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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
André PLASSE and Adelaide GAGNON 6 November 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 29 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Zephirin PLASSE was born 4 August 1857, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

André was 31 years old.

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.