Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Born

2 September 1794 , Verchères, Lower Canada

Died

13 March 1878 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

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Born: 2 September 1794 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Parents of Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Father

Jean-Marie BUSSIÈRE

Mother

Marie-Josephte VIVIER

Grandparents of Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BUSSIÈRE Marie-Josephe MALBOEUF

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste VIVIER Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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

Marie-Josephe married Augustin MEUNIER 22 February 1813 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin MEUNIER was born 29 February 1788 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Augustin died 20 July 1861 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East. Augustin was the child of Augustin-Bruno MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Louise-Praxede PETIT.

Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE died 13 March 1878 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE married

Augustin MEUNIER
Marriage date: 22 February 1813
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Augustin MEUNIER was the child of Augustin-Bruno MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Louise-Praxede PETIT

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

Children of Augustin MEUNIER and Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE

Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

Born: 9 January 1823, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Zoe-Aglae DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX 27 February 1843 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
2 September 1794
Verchères, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe BUSSIÈRE and Augustin MEUNIER 22 February 1813, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 18 years old.

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

1823 Birth of Child
Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 9 January 1823, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Josephe was 28 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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE married 27 February 1843, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East to Zoe-Aglae DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin MEUNIER died 20 July 1861, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.