Pierre MARCHAND

Born

24 June 1797 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

8 July 1870 , Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MARCHAND Marie-Anne BOIVIN

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Born: 24 June 1797 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MARCHAND

Mother: Marie-Anne BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: Georges-Antoine MARCHAND , Ursule LABAUVE

Maternal grandparents: Ignace BOIVIN , Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Pierre married Marie-Louise PLANTE 1 February 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise PLANTE was born 14 November 1797 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise died 16 May 1881 in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jacques PLANTE and Anastasia GIROURARD.

Pierre MARCHAND died 8 July 1870 in Tilbury, Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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Pierre MARCHAND married

Marie-Louise PLANTE
Marriage date: 1 February 1819
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise PLANTE was the child of Jacques PLANTE and Anastasia GIROURARD

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Children of Pierre MARCHAND and Marie-Louise PLANTE

Edouard MARCHAND

Born: 8 December 1822, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 13 April 1901, Tilbury, Ontario, Canada

Married: Julienne GIROUX 3 November 1846 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

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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 — 1797
24 June 1797
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MARCHAND and Marie-Louise PLANTE 1 February 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Edouard MARCHAND was born 8 December 1822, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre was 25 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Edouard MARCHAND married 3 November 1846, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Julienne GIROUX

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.

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.