Pierre FOISY

Born

22 July 1823 , Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Died

18 November 1889 , Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE Marcelline CHAPUT

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Born: 22 July 1823 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Father: Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE

Mother: Marcelline CHAPUT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE , Genevieve RACETTE

Maternal grandparents: Bonaventure CHAPUT , Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE

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Pierre married Justine POIRIER 10 September 1844 in L'Assomption, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Justine POIRIER was born 25 June 1824 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Justine was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Angelique-Desanges BEAUDOIN.

Pierre FOISY died 18 November 1889 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.
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Justine POIRIER
Marriage date: 10 September 1844
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada East
Justine POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Angelique-Desanges BEAUDOIN

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Children of Pierre FOISY and Justine POIRIER

Joseph FOISY

Born: 4 January 1847, Pembroke, Canada West
Died: 1 May 1927, Bonfield, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Julie Felicite ARCHAMBAULT 9 March 1874

Osine FOISY

Born: 6 June 1849, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
Died: 24 January 1924, Moxee City, Yakima, Washington, USA

Married: Joseph DUPUIS 9 October 1866 Place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Jean-Baptiste FOISY

Born: July 1850, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Died: ,

Eugene FOISY

Born: abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1823
22 July 1823
Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Pierre FOISY and Justine POIRIER 10 September 1844, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 21 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Joseph FOISY was born 4 January 1847, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada

Pierre was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Osine FOISY was born 6 June 1849, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 25 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FOISY was born July 1850, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Pierre was 26 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Osine FOISY married 9 October 1866, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island) to Joseph DUPUIS

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.