Ambroise POISSANT

Born

22 January 1806 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

10 December 1857 , La Prairie, Canada East

Ambroise married Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) 3 August 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) was born 9 December 1805 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne died 29 September 1892 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Angélique MICHON .

Parents & Family of Ambroise POISSANT

Parents of Ambroise POISSANT

Father

Pierre-Amable POISSANT

Mother

Marie-Josephte LONGTIN

Grandparents of Ambroise POISSANT

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-François POISSANT Marie-Catherine MONET

Maternal grandparents

Laurent LONGTIN Marie-Josephe BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ambroise POISSANT

Ambroise POISSANT married

Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)
Marriage date: 3 August 1829
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) was the child of Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Angélique MICHON

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

Children of Ambroise POISSANT and Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

Esther POISSANT

Born: 10 September 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 12 January 1904, Lacolle, Québec, Canada

Married: Albert-Norbert LAROCHE 25 April 1864 Place: Lacolle, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1806
22 January 1806
La Prairie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise POISSANT and Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) 3 August 1829, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Esther POISSANT was born 10 September 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Ambroise was 31 years old.

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.