Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Born

19 June 1805 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

19 August 1870 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite married Jean-Christophe BELANGER 8 July 1828 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Christophe BELANGER was born 30 January 1793 in Québec Province, Canada. Jean-Christophe was the child of Michel BELANGER and Marie-Louise CARON .

Parents & Family of Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Parents of Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Father

Antoine NORMAND

Mother

Marie-Marguerite GAMACHE

Grandparents of Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Paternal grandparents

Jacques NORMAND Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS

Maternal grandparents

François GAMACHE Marie-Marguerite FORTIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Marie-Marguerite NORMAND married

Jean-Christophe BELANGER
Marriage date: 8 July 1828
Marriage place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Jean-Christophe BELANGER was the child of Michel BELANGER and Marie-Louise CARON

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

Children of Jean-Christophe BELANGER and Marie-Marguerite NORMAND

Marie BELANGER

Born: abt. 1828, L'Islet, Lower Canada
Died: 22 June 1910, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Olivier METIVIER 16 April 1855 Place: L'Islet, Canada East

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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 — 1805
19 June 1805
L'Islet, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite NORMAND and Jean-Christophe BELANGER 8 July 1828, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie BELANGER married 16 April 1855, L'Islet, Canada East to Olivier METIVIER

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.