Pierre PERRAULT

Born

17 September 1793 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

17 April 1877 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT Marie-Louise-Amable LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN

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Born: 17 September 1793 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT

Mother: Marie-Louise-Amable LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN

Paternal grandparents: Claude PERRAULT , Marie-Josephe RIVET

Maternal grandparents: Basile LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN , Marie-Amable LACASSE

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Pierre married Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 22 September 1818 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born abt. 1793

Pierre PERRAULT died 17 April 1877 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada .
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Pierre PERRAULT married

Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS
Marriage date: 22 September 1818
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Children of Pierre PERRAULT and Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

Mathilde PERRAULT

Born: 24 September 1816, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: 30 July 1887, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: François-Xavier ARCHAMBAULT 27 September 1831 Place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Pierre-Zéphirin PERRAULT

Born: 7 October 1819, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 9 December 1823, L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Paul-Fidèle PERRAULT

Born: 24 January 1824, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 4 June 1883, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

Marie-Rose-Anne PERRAULT

Born: 10 October 1826, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 8 March 1864, L'Assomption, Canada East

Marie-Dorothée PERRAULT

Born: 6 November 1828, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 3 February 1852, L'Assomption, Canada East

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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 — 1793
17 September 1793
Joliette, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Birth of Child
Mathilde PERRAULT was born 24 September 1816, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Pierre was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PERRAULT and Marie Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS 22 September 1818, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Pierre-Zéphirin PERRAULT was born 7 October 1819, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Death of Child
Pierre-Zéphirin PERRAULT died 9 December 1823, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Paul-Fidèle PERRAULT was born 24 January 1824, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Anne PERRAULT was born 10 October 1826, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothée PERRAULT was born 6 November 1828, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Mathilde PERRAULT married 27 September 1831, L'Assomption, Lower Canada to François-Xavier ARCHAMBAULT

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.

1852 Death of Child
Marie-Dorothée PERRAULT died 3 February 1852, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 58 years old.

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)

1864 Death of Child
Marie-Rose-Anne PERRAULT died 8 March 1864, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 70 years old.

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.