Pierre SYLVESTRE

Born

20 January 1799 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

4 February 1888 , Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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Louis SYLVESTRE Rose RIBERDY dite SANSOUCY

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Born: 20 January 1799 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Father: Louis SYLVESTRE

Mother: Rose RIBERDY dite SANSOUCY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE , Marguerite VALOIS

Maternal grandparents: Pierre RIBERDY dit SANSOUCY , Genevieve HAMELIN

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Pierre married Louise THOMAS 1 May 1827 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise THOMAS was born 30 November 1796 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Louise died 20 March 1871 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Alexis THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Reine SYLVESTRE.

Pierre SYLVESTRE died 4 February 1888 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada.
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Pierre SYLVESTRE married

Louise THOMAS
Marriage date: 1 May 1827
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Louise THOMAS was the child of Alexis THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Reine SYLVESTRE

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Children of Pierre SYLVESTRE and Louise THOMAS

Philomene SYLVESTRE

Born: 24 June 1837, Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada
Died: 30 March 1907, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Married: Euchariste JACQUES 27 January 1857 Place: Saint-Barthélemy, 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 — 1799
20 January 1799
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre SYLVESTRE and Louise THOMAS 1 May 1827, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Philomene SYLVESTRE was born 24 June 1837, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 38 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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Philomene SYLVESTRE married 27 January 1857, Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East to Euchariste JACQUES

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.