Desanges VEILLEUX

Born

13 June 1798 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

10 December 1856 , Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

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Pierre-Noel VEILLEUX Françoise FORTIER

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Born: 13 June 1798 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Noel VEILLEUX

Mother: Françoise FORTIER

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) , Madeleine LACROIX

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Jacques-Noel FORTIER , Marie-Anne DEMERS

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Desanges married Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE 13 November 1815 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 14 September 1792 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Ignace died 23 March 1862 in St-Paul-d'Abotsford, Quebec, Canada. Ignace was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Josephe DANSEREAU.

Desanges VEILLEUX died 10 December 1856 in Marieville, Rouville, Canada East .
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Desanges VEILLEUX married

Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE
Marriage date: 13 November 1815
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

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Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Josephe DANSEREAU

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Ignace MEUNIER

Born: 9 December 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Died: 2 October 1897, St Paul d'Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada

Married: Emilie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME 15 February 1836 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

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Birth — 1798
13 June 1798
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Desanges VEILLEUX and Ignace MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE 13 November 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

She was 17 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Ignace MEUNIER was born 9 December 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Desanges was 18 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Ignace MEUNIER married 15 February 1836, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Emilie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

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.

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