François-Xavier BELANGER

Born

19 August 1802 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

10 July 1870 , Ste-Marguerite, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of François-Xavier BELANGER

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Born: 19 August 1802 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Parents of François-Xavier BELANGER

Father

Pierre BELANGER

Mother

Marguerite ROY

Grandparents of François-Xavier BELANGER

Paternal grandparents

Jacques BELANGER Marie-Louise ROUSSEAU

Maternal grandparents

Jean-François ROY Marie-Anne-Rosalie TANGUAY

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

François-Xavier married Madeleine GAGNON 16 April 1833 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine GAGNON was born 17 November 1807 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . Madeleine was the child of Ignace GAGNON and Reine LAVOIE.

François-Xavier BELANGER died 10 July 1870 in Ste-Marguerite, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François-Xavier BELANGER

François-Xavier BELANGER married

Madeleine GAGNON
Marriage date: 16 April 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Madeleine GAGNON was the child of Ignace GAGNON and Reine LAVOIE

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Children of François-Xavier BELANGER and Madeleine GAGNON

Charles BELANGER

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 January 1929, St-Désiré Black Lake, Canada

Married: Marie Brigitte RUEL 7 February 1865

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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 — 1802
19 August 1802
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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

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

1833 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier BELANGER and Madeleine GAGNON 16 April 1833, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

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.

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.