Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

Born

9 December 1805 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

29 September 1892 , Lacolle, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

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Born: 9 December 1805 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents of Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

Father

Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Mother

Marie-Angélique MICHON

Grandparents of Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) Josephte GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Marie MICHON Marie-Thérèse GERVAIS

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

Marie-Anne married Ambroise POISSANT 3 August 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ambroise POISSANT was born 22 January 1806 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Ambroise died 10 December 1857 in La Prairie, Canada East . Ambroise was the child of Pierre-Amable POISSANT and Marie-Josephte LONGTIN.

Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) died 29 September 1892 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT)

Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) married

Ambroise POISSANT
Marriage date: 3 August 1829
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Ambroise POISSANT was the child of Pierre-Amable POISSANT and Marie-Josephte LONGTIN

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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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
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1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1805
9 December 1805
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
Marie-Anne DAIGNEAU (DAIGNAULT) and Ambroise POISSANT 3 August 1829, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She 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)

Marie-Anne 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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ambroise POISSANT died 10 December 1857, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Esther POISSANT married 25 April 1864, Lacolle, Canada East to Albert-Norbert LAROCHE

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.