Jules POIRIER

Born

abt. 1801 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 March 1880 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Pierre POIRIER Rose BERGERON

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Born: abt. 1801 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre POIRIER

Mother: Rose BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre POIRIER , Marie Madeleine FOREST

Maternal grandparents: Michel BERGERON , Madeleine BOURG

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Jules married Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR 2 February 1830 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR was born 16 April 1810 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Julie was the child of Louis BERIAULT (BARRIAU) and Marie-Josephe COTTRET.

Jules POIRIER died 11 March 1880 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR
Marriage date: 2 February 1830
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR was the child of Louis BERIAULT (BARRIAU) and Marie-Josephe COTTRET

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Children of Jules POIRIER and Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR

Narcisse POIRIER

Born: 4 December 1830, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 3 September 1890, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene HEBERT 22 January 1856 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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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 Marriage / Partner
Jules POIRIER and Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR 2 February 1830, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Narcisse POIRIER was born 4 December 1830, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Narcisse POIRIER married 22 January 1856, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Philomene HEBERT

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.