Marie PELLETIER

Born

14 August 1815 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

3 March 1903 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Marie married Jean PARENTEAU 25 November 1834 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean PARENTEAU was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada. Jean was the child of François PARENTEAU and Marie HUS MILET (MILLET) .

Parents & Family of Marie PELLETIER

Parents of Marie PELLETIER

Father

Urbain PELLETIER

Mother

Marie PROULX

Grandparents of Marie PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents

Paul-Pierre PELLETIER Therese GINGRAS

Maternal grandparents

Basile PROULX Euphrosine CORRIVEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie PELLETIER

Marie PELLETIER married

Jean PARENTEAU
Marriage date: 25 November 1834
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Jean PARENTEAU was the child of François PARENTEAU and Marie HUS MILET (MILLET)

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

Children of Jean PARENTEAU and Marie PELLETIER

Jean PARENTEAU

Born: abt. 1837, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine PELOQUIN 20 October 1857 Place: Saint-Robert, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1815
14 August 1815
Yamaska, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Marie PELLETIER and Jean PARENTEAU 25 November 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She 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

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Jean PARENTEAU married 20 October 1857, Saint-Robert, Canada East to Catherine PELOQUIN

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.