François-Ambroise CHAINE (CHENET)

Born

16 October 1806 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

16 May 1871 , La Présentation, Québec, Canada

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Joseph CHAINE (CHENET)Françoise GAUDET

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Born: 16 October 1806 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph CHAINE (CHENET)

Mother: Françoise GAUDET

Paternal grandparents: Alexis CHAINE (CHENET) , Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT)

Maternal grandparents: François GAUDET , Marie-Josephe BOUSQUET

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François-Ambroise married Marie-Françoise GOULET 8 February 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise GOULET was born 10 February 1811 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise died 28 September 1884 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Marie-Françoise was the child of Pierre GOULET and Ursule CHOQUET.

François-Ambroise CHAINE (CHENET) died 16 May 1871 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada .
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François-Ambroise CHAINE (CHENET) married

Marie-Françoise GOULET
Marriage date: 8 February 1831
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Françoise GOULET was the child of Pierre GOULET and Ursule CHOQUET

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Children of François-Ambroise CHAINE (CHENET) and Marie-Françoise GOULET

Joseph CHENET (CHENETTE)

Born: 21 October 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 1 August 1898, La Présentation, Québec, Canada

Married: Malvina CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

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Birth — 1806
16 October 1806
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
François-Ambroise CHAINE (CHENET) and Marie-Françoise GOULET 8 February 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph CHENET (CHENETTE) was born 21 October 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François-Ambroise was 29 years old.

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)

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.