Marie-Romain PAQUET

Born

9 June 1809 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

3 May 1862 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Parents & Family of Marie-Romain PAQUET

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Born: 9 June 1809 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Parents of Marie-Romain PAQUET

Father

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Mother

Marie-Osithe LANGLOIS

Grandparents of Marie-Romain PAQUET

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie PAQUET Marie-Josephe OUELLET

Maternal grandparents

Francois-Xavier LANGLOIS Marie GIROUARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Romain married Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) 29 January 1833 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) was born 15 September 1809 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Emmanuel was the child of Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE.

Marie-Romain PAQUET died 3 May 1862 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Romain PAQUET

Marie-Romain PAQUET married

Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN)
Marriage date: 29 January 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) was the child of Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE

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

Children of Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) and Marie-Romain PAQUET

Philomene POTVIN

Born: 17 May 1836, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1875, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Felix ST GEORGE 15 October 1854 Place: Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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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 — 1809
9 June 1809
Saint-Antoine-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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Romain PAQUET and Emmanuel POTVIN (ARPIN) 29 January 1833, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 23 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Philomene POTVIN was born 17 May 1836, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Romain was 26 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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Philomene POTVIN married 15 October 1854, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Felix ST GEORGE