Pierre BEDARD

Born

30 November 1823 , Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Died

26 April 1886 , Laurierville, Québec, Canada

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François-Xavier BEDARD Julie JUNEAU

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Born: 30 November 1823 in Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Father: François-Xavier BEDARD

Mother: Julie JUNEAU

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Joseph BÉDARD , Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET

Maternal grandparents: Augustin-Bernard JUNEAU , Marguerite DROLET

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Pierre married Marie-Reine LAFOND 11 January 1848 in Deschaillons, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine LAFOND was born 10 October 1823 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Reine died 16 October 1905 in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Canada. Marie-Reine was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Elisabeth BOURBEAU.

Pierre BEDARD died 26 April 1886 in Laurierville, 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.
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Pierre BEDARD married

Marie-Reine LAFOND
Marriage date: 11 January 1848
Marriage place: Deschaillons, Canada East
Marie-Reine LAFOND was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Elisabeth BOURBEAU

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Children of Pierre BEDARD and Marie-Reine LAFOND

Leon BEDARD

Born: 4 March 1856, Deschaillons, Canada East
Died: 10 June 1931, St-Philias, Villeroy, Canada

Married: Julie COTE 2 July 1877

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Birth — 1823
30 November 1823
Deschaillons, 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 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BEDARD and Marie-Reine LAFOND 11 January 1848, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

He was 24 years old.

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
Leon BEDARD was born 4 March 1856, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Pierre was 32 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.