Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born

abt. 1781 , Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

5 April 1873 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph SAULNIER Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

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Born: abt. 1781 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Joseph SAULNIER

Mother: Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

Paternal grandparents: Charles SAULNIER , Marie Josephe SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Michel BASTARACHE dit BASQUE , Marguerite GAUDET

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Alexis married Marie Charlotte COMEAU 7 September 1812 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie Charlotte COMEAU was born 30 April 1794 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Charlotte died 23 August 1852 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Charlotte was the child of Charles COMEAU and Marguerite ROY.

Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) died 5 April 1873 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) married

Marie Charlotte COMEAU
Marriage date: 7 September 1812
Marriage place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Marie Charlotte COMEAU was the child of Charles COMEAU and Marguerite ROY

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Name: Alexis Saulnier

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Spouse's Name: Charlotte Comeau

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Event Date: 07 Sep 1812

Event Place: Saint Pierre-Aux-Liens, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M58478-1

System Origin: New_Brunswick-ODM

GS Film number: 859880

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"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch.org : accessed 5 August 2015), Alexis Saulnier and Charlotte Comeau, 07 Sep 1812; citing Saint Pierre-Aux-Liens, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, reference ; FHL microfilm 859,880.

Children of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU

Marie Charlotte SAULNIER

Born: 20 June 1813, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 2 June 1863, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Fabien SAVOIE 31 July 1831 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Françoise Delphine SAULNIER

Born: 12 April 1815, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 June 1904, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Jean ROBICHAUD 25 October 1835 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles Thomas SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 6 October 1817, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Anne MCGRATH 28 January 1845 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 6 January 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 04 September 1905, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Reine FERGUSON 28 January 1845 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite SAULNIER

Born: 13 April 1822, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean ST PIERRE 1841

Tranquille Jean SAULNIER

Born: May 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 February 1886, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Geneviève RICHARDSON 1850

Marie SAULNIER

Born: January 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Julie SAULNIER

Born: 5 March 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1873,

Marie Olive SAULNIER

Born: 20 May 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Olivier SAULNIER

Born: December 1837, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1875,

Honoré SAULNIER

Born: 15 October 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU 7 September 1812, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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1813 Birth of Child
Marie Charlotte SAULNIER was born 20 June 1813, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1815 Birth of Child
Françoise Delphine SAULNIER was born 12 April 1815, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Charles Thomas SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 6 October 1817, , New Brunswick, Canada

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 Birth of Child
Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 6 January 1820, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Marguerite SAULNIER was born 13 April 1822, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was born May 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie SAULNIER was born January 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julie SAULNIER was born 5 March 1829, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marie Olive SAULNIER was born 20 May 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie Charlotte SAULNIER married 31 July 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Fabien SAVOIE

1835 Marriage of Child
Françoise Delphine SAULNIER married 25 October 1835, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Jean ROBICHAUD

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
Olivier SAULNIER was born December 1837, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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

1842 Birth of Child
Honoré SAULNIER was born 15 October 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Charles Thomas SAULNIER (SONIER) married 28 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Anne MCGRATH

1845 Marriage of Child
Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) married 28 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Reine FERGUSON

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Charlotte COMEAU died 23 August 1852, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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

1863 Death of Child
Marie Charlotte SAULNIER died 2 June 1863, Neguac, New Brunswick, Canada

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.