Apolline LACHAPELLE

Born

25 May 1814 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

10 January 1889 , St-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 25 May 1814 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Apolline married Etienne FONTAINE 5 February 1833 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne FONTAINE was born 12 March 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Etienne died 25 February 1892 in St-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec, Canada. Etienne was the child of Etienne FONTAINE and Gertrude TURCOTTE.

Apolline LACHAPELLE died 10 January 1889 in St-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec, Canada.

daughter of Joseph Lachapelle and Antoinette Casavant

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Apolline LACHAPELLE married

Etienne FONTAINE
Marriage date: 5 February 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Etienne FONTAINE was the child of Etienne FONTAINE and Gertrude TURCOTTE

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Joseph FONTAINE

Born: 15 December 1833, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
Died: 13 January 1902, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Married: Louisa MARQUIS 27 November 1858 Place: St Albans, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1814
25 May 1814
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, 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 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage / Partner
Apolline LACHAPELLE and Etienne FONTAINE 5 February 1833, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Joseph FONTAINE was born 15 December 1833, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Apolline was 19 years old.

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.

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Joseph FONTAINE married 27 November 1858, St Albans, Vermont, USA to Louisa MARQUIS

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.