Leandre PARENT

Born

24 April 1809 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

12 June 1889 , Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada

Leandre married Sarah-Ann HOYLE 28 September 1852 in Québec, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah-Ann HOYLE was born 26 April 1814 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Sarah-Ann died 23 May 1889 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada. Sarah-Ann was the child of John Theodore HOYLE and Sarah Ann PASTORIUS .

Parents & Family of Leandre PARENT

Parents of Leandre PARENT

Father

Michel PARENT

Mother

Louise CARRIER

Grandparents of Leandre PARENT

Paternal grandparents

Antoine PARENT Marie-Angelique DELAUNAY

Maternal grandparents

Louis CARRIER Marie-Françoise-Genevieve JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: sculpteur

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leandre PARENT

Leandre PARENT married

Sarah-Ann HOYLE
Marriage date: 28 September 1852
Marriage place: Québec, Canada East
Sarah-Ann HOYLE was the child of John Theodore HOYLE and Sarah Ann PASTORIUS

Marriage notes:

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Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Leandre PARENT and Sarah-Ann HOYLE

William-Augustin PARENT

Born: 6 February 1835, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 4 October 1897, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Angélique HOULE 30 September 1861 Place: Sherbrooke, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Leandre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1809
24 April 1809
Québec, Lower 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

1835 Birth of Child
William-Augustin PARENT was born 6 February 1835, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Leandre was 25 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Leandre PARENT and Sarah-Ann HOYLE 28 September 1852, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 43 years old.

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

1861 Marriage of Child
William-Augustin PARENT married 30 September 1861, Sherbrooke, Canada East to Marie-Angélique HOULE

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.