Medard-Amedee PAQUIN

Born

8 June 1790 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 July 1861 , Trois-Rivières, Canada East

Medard-Amedee married Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS 22 May 1843 in Trois-Rivières, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS was born 1 April 1822 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . Marie-Eugenie died 9 November 1884 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada . Marie-Eugenie was the child of Joseph HARNOIS and Marie-Dorothee CORMIER .

Parents & Family of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN

Parents of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN

Father

Joseph PAQUIN

Mother

Marie-Josephte GLADU

Grandparents of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste PAQUIN Marie-Elisabeth DOUCET

Maternal grandparents

Andre GLADU Marie-Josephe LEMAITRE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN

Medard-Amedee PAQUIN married

Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS
Marriage date: 22 May 1843
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada East
Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS was the child of Joseph HARNOIS and Marie-Dorothee CORMIER

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

Children of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN and Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS

Telesphore PAQUIN

Born: 26 March 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East
Died: 7 March 1895, Wotton, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Sara GOUDREAU 7 January 1884 Place: Wotton, 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 — 1790
8 June 1790
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Medard-Amedee PAQUIN and Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS 22 May 1843, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 52 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Telesphore PAQUIN was born 26 March 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)

Medard-Amedee was 59 years old.

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