Pierre LOISELLE

Born

6 January 1822 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

27 February 1907 , Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Pierre married Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU 27 May 1845 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU was born 18 November 1822 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Modeste-Edesse died 30 December 1901 in Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada . Modeste-Edesse was the child of Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU and Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN .

Parents & Family of Pierre LOISELLE

Parents of Pierre LOISELLE

Father

Jean-Baptiste LOISELLE

Mother

Madeleine DESAUTELS

Grandparents of Pierre LOISELLE

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LOISEL (LOISELLE) Françoise DESMARAIS

Maternal grandparents

Jacques DESAUTELS Madeleine PICHE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre LOISELLE

Pierre LOISELLE married

Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU
Marriage date: 27 May 1845
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LETOURNEAU and Marie-Modeste GUILMAIN

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

Children of Pierre LOISELLE and Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU

Narcisse-Olivier-Levis LOISELLE

Born: 26 January 1856, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: abt. 1930, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Married: Emma METILLY DITE ST-ONGE 24 October 1876 Place: Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1822
6 January 1822
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LOISELLE and Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU 27 May 1845, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Narcisse-Olivier-Levis LOISELLE was born 26 January 1856, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Pierre 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Narcisse-Olivier-Levis LOISELLE married 24 October 1876, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada to Emma METILLY DITE ST-ONGE

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1901 Death of Spouse/Partner
Modeste-Edesse LETOURNEAU died 30 December 1901, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

Death — 1907
27 February 1907
Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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