Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE

Born

22 December 1798 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1891 , Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 22 December 1798 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Parents of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE

Father

Jean-Baptiste DELISLE

Mother

Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

Grandparents of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre DELISLE Elisabeth PICHÉ

Maternal grandparents

André VANDANDAIGUE Marie-Anne COURTEMANCHE dite JOLICOEUR

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

Pierre Marie "Peter" married Catherine PHILIPS 11 October 1824 in Morristown, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine PHILIPS was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada. Catherine died 14 March 1878 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada . Catherine was the child of Michael PHILLIPS and Catherine DUBOIS.

Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE died 23 January 1891 in Essex, Ontario, Canada.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE

Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE married

Catherine PHILIPS
Marriage date: 11 October 1824
Marriage place: Morristown, New York, USA
Catherine PHILIPS was the child of Michael PHILLIPS and Catherine DUBOIS

Children of Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE and Catherine PHILIPS

Jean-Baptiste DELISLE

Born: 13 June 1829, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 9 November 1915, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Married: Marie-Aurelie RICHARD 21 October 1850 Place: Windsor, Essex, Canada West

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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 — 1798
22 December 1798
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre Marie "Peter" DELISLE and Catherine PHILIPS 11 October 1824, Morristown, New York, USA

He was 25 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)

1829 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DELISLE was born 13 June 1829, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre Marie "Peter" was 30 years old.

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)

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DELISLE married 21 October 1850, Windsor, Essex, Canada West to Marie-Aurelie RICHARD

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.