Julie BILLY

Born

20 July 1804 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

16 February 1880 , Plessisville, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 20 July 1804 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Parents of Julie BILLY

Father

Michel BILLY

Mother

Josephte PEPIN

Grandparents of Julie BILLY

Paternal grandparents

Michel BILLY Marie-Louise DUCLOS dite CARIGNAN

Maternal grandparents

Alexandre PEPIN Marie Anne PARR

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

Julie married Pierre POISSON 24 June 1823 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre POISSON was born 11 December 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Pierre died 22 November 1890 in St. Remi de Tinwick, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Antoine-Joseph POISSON and Marie-Josephe PROVENCHER.

Julie BILLY died 16 February 1880 in Plessisville, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Julie BILLY

Julie BILLY married

Pierre POISSON
Marriage date: 24 June 1823
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Pierre POISSON was the child of Antoine-Joseph POISSON and Marie-Josephe PROVENCHER

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

Children of Pierre POISSON and Julie BILLY

Joseph POISSON

Born: 6 March 1836, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 26 September 1910, Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec, Canada

Married: Éléa LACHANCE 19 July 1875

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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 — 1804
20 July 1804
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Julie BILLY and Pierre POISSON 24 June 1823, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 18 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 Birth of Child
Joseph POISSON was born 6 March 1836, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Julie was 31 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.