Narcisse POIRIER

Born

4 December 1830 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1890 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Jules POIRIER Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR

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Born: 4 December 1830 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Jules POIRIER

Mother: Julie BERIAULT dite BOISCLAIR

Paternal grandparents: Pierre POIRIER , Rose BERGERON

Maternal grandparents: Louis BERIAULT (BARRIAU) , Marie-Josephe COTTRET

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Narcisse married Philomene HEBERT 22 January 1856 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene HEBERT was born 22 July 1836 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Philomene died 9 June 1915 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada . Philomene was the child of Pierre HEBERT and Louise MANSEAU.

Narcisse POIRIER died 3 September 1890 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada .
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Philomene HEBERT
Marriage date: 22 January 1856
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Philomene HEBERT was the child of Pierre HEBERT and Louise MANSEAU

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Children of Narcisse POIRIER and Philomene HEBERT

Lydia POIRIER

Born: 3 September 1865, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Julien PARENTEAU

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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 — 1830
4 December 1830
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Narcisse POIRIER and Philomene HEBERT 22 January 1856, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 25 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)

1865 Birth of Child
Lydia POIRIER was born 3 September 1865, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Narcisse was 34 years old.

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.