Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

Born

15 November 1836 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

30 December 1906 , St Paul, Alberta, Canada

Parents & Family of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

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Born: 15 November 1836 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Parents of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

Father

Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE

Mother

Marcelline CHAPUT

Grandparents of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

Paternal grandparents

Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE Genevieve RACETTE

Maternal grandparents

Bonaventure CHAPUT Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Eugene-Urgele married Angele POIRIER 8 January 1855 in Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angele POIRIER was born 3 September 1829 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . Angele died 11 September 1908 in St Paul, Alberta, Canada. Angele was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Angelique-Desanges BEAUDOIN.

Eugene-Urgele FOSIY died 30 December 1906 in St Paul, Alberta, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

Eugene-Urgele FOSIY married

Angele POIRIER
Marriage date: 8 January 1855
Marriage place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Angele POIRIER was the child of Joseph POIRIER and Angelique-Desanges BEAUDOIN

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Children of Eugene-Urgele FOSIY and Angele POIRIER

Alphonse FOISY

Born: 28 April 1860, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Died: 29 March 1940, Lafond, Alberta, Canada

Elodie FOISY

Born: 18 March 1862, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Died: ,

Marcel FOISY

Born: 13 August 1864, Iles des Alumettes, Quebec, Canada
Died: 22 June 1926, Lafond, Alberta, Canada

Edmond FOISY

Born: 12 June 1866, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Canada East
Died: abt. 1941, Lafond, Alberta, 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 — 1836
15 November 1836
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Eugene-Urgele FOSIY and Angele POIRIER 8 January 1855, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

He was 18 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Alphonse FOISY was born 28 April 1860, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Eugene-Urgele was 23 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Elodie FOISY was born 18 March 1862, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Eugene-Urgele was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marcel FOISY was born 13 August 1864, Iles des Alumettes, Quebec, Canada

Eugene-Urgele was 27 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Edmond FOISY was born 12 June 1866, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Eugene-Urgele was 29 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.