Virginie CHIASSON

(b. 10 October 1820 , Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 August 1875 , Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Virginie CHIASSON was born 10 October 1820 in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada

Virginie CHIASSON was the child of Joseph CHIASSON and Marguerite CHIASSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CHIASSON and Marie-Euphrosine MAILLET (maternal) Basile CHIASSON and Anne Adelaide ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT)

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Virginie married Frederic DEVEAU 16 November 1841 in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Frederic DEVEAU was born 7 January 1816 in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cheticamp). Frederic was the child of Frederic DEVEAU and Marguerite Rose ROMARD.

Virginie CHIASSON died 28 August 1875 in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Virginie CHIASSON married

Frederic DEVEAU-- Date: 16 November 1841 Place: Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada
Frederic DEVEAU was the child of Frederic DEVEAU and Marguerite Rose ROMARD

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Children of Frederic DEVEAU and Virginie CHIASSON:

Luce DEVEAU (b.20 May 1855, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1938, Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada )
m. Simeon Bernard MUISE 8 January 1878 in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cheticamp)

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1820 Birth
10 October 1820
Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Virginie CHIASSON and Frederic DEVEAU 16 November 1841, Chéticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cheticamp)

She was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Luce DEVEAU was born 20 May 1855, , Nova Scotia, Canada

Virginie was 34 years old.

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.