Louis FORCIER

Born

29 May 1800 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

9 July 1883 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Michel FORCIER Charlotte QUIRIAULT dite TARDIF (KIRIEAU) (TIRIOT)

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Born: 29 May 1800 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Michel FORCIER

Mother: Charlotte QUIRIAULT dite TARDIF (KIRIEAU) (TIRIOT)

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FORCIER , Marie-Anne PETIT

Maternal grandparents: François QUIRIAULT (KIRIEAU) (TIRIOT) , Marie-Charlotte LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL

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Louis married Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN 18 February 1822 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN was born 15 September 1802 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph-Etienne ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Louis FORCIER died 9 July 1883 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Louis FORCIER married

Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN
Marriage date: 18 February 1822
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN was the child of Joseph-Etienne ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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Children of Louis FORCIER and Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN

Mathilde FORCIER

Born: 7 December 1822, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 17 June 1888, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis LALANCETTE 17 October 1837 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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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 — 1800
29 May 1800
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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Louis FORCIER and Marie-Josephe ST-GERMAIN 18 February 1822, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 21 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Mathilde FORCIER was born 7 December 1822, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis was 22 years old.

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

1837 Marriage of Child
Mathilde FORCIER married 17 October 1837, Yamaska, Lower Canada to Louis LALANCETTE

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.

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.