Françoise PICHE

Born

24 July 1781 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 November 1869 , Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Françoise PICHE

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Born: 24 July 1781 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Françoise PICHE

Father

Alexis PICHE

Mother

Marie-Anne GIGNAC

Grandparents of Françoise PICHE

Paternal grandparents

Adrien PICHÉ Elisabeth GERMAIN

Maternal grandparents

Jacques GIGNAC Françoise LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Françoise married Michel BARRETTE 24 October 1803 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel BARRETTE was born 17 February 1776 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada. Michel died 12 June 1850 in Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East. Michel was the child of Joseph BARRETTE and Marie-Elisabeth CARON.

Françoise PICHE died 30 November 1869 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Françoise PICHE

Françoise PICHE married

Michel BARRETTE
Marriage date: 24 October 1803
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Michel BARRETTE was the child of Joseph BARRETTE and Marie-Elisabeth CARON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Michel BARRETTE and Françoise PICHE

Michel BARRETTE

Born: 18 September 1804, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 2 March 1873, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Married: Dorothee DENOMME 4 April 1837 Place: Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada

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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 — 1781
24 July 1781
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Françoise PICHE and Michel BARRETTE 24 October 1803, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 22 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Michel BARRETTE was born 18 September 1804, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Françoise was 23 years old.

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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage of Child
Michel BARRETTE married 4 April 1837, Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada to Dorothee DENOMME

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel BARRETTE died 12 June 1850, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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

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.