Simon BISSON

Born

12 March 1788 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 March 1862 , Québec, Canada East

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Simon BISSON Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE

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Born: 12 March 1788 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Simon BISSON

Mother: Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BISSON , Marie-Anne-Suzanne CASSE (LACASSE)

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE , Marie-Françoise GOUPIL

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Simon married Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE 12 November 1810 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE was born 1 January 1794 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Angelique-Judith died 30 March 1858 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Angelique-Judith was the child of Louis LABRECQUE and Marie-Judith LEPAGE.

Simon BISSON died 20 March 1862 in Québec, Canada East .
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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE
Marriage date: 12 November 1810
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE was the child of Louis LABRECQUE and Marie-Judith LEPAGE

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Simon BISSON

Born: 1 October 1811, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 28 May 1895, St-Nérée, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marcelline LEBLOND 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1788
12 March 1788
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Simon BISSON and Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE 12 November 1810, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 22 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Simon BISSON was born 1 October 1811, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Simon was 23 years old.

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Simon BISSON married 11 February 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marcelline LEBLOND

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