Andre SMITH (SMYTH)

Born

30 November 1810 , Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Died

29 April 1890 , Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

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Daniel SMITH (SMYTH)Marie-Felicite STIBER

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Born: 30 November 1810 in Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Father: Daniel SMITH (SMYTH)

Mother: Marie-Felicite STIBER

Paternal grandparents: Thomas SMITH (SMYTH) , Rhoda WORTHINGTON

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Andre married Anne ROUSSY 6 July 1837 in Percé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne ROUSSY was born 12 January 1805 in Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada. Anne died 28 December 1882 in Grande-Rivière, Le Rocher-Percé, Québec, Canada. Anne was the child of André-Antoine ROUSSY and Marguerite LEBRASSEUR.

Andre SMITH (SMYTH) died 29 April 1890 in Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada.
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Andre SMITH (SMYTH) married

Anne ROUSSY
Marriage date: 6 July 1837
Marriage place: Percé, Quebec, Canada
Anne ROUSSY was the child of André-Antoine ROUSSY and Marguerite LEBRASSEUR

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Marie-Anne SMITH (SMYTH)

Born: 23 March 1838, Port-Daniel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph PREVOST 9 August 1858

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Birth — 1810
30 November 1810
Grande-Rivière, Gaspe, Quebec, 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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Andre SMITH (SMYTH) and Anne ROUSSY 6 July 1837, Percé, Quebec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SMITH (SMYTH) was born 23 March 1838, Port-Daniel, Québec, Canada

Andre was 27 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.

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.