Simon BISSON

Born

1 October 1811 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

28 May 1895 , St-Nérée, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

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Simon BISSON Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE

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Born: 1 October 1811 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Father: Simon BISSON

Mother: Angelique-Judith LABRECQUE

Paternal grandparents: Simon BISSON , Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE

Maternal grandparents: Louis LABRECQUE , Marie-Judith LEPAGE

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Simon married Marcelline LEBLOND 11 February 1839 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline LEBLOND was born 4 November 1817 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marcelline died 14 June 1858 in St-Lazarre, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada. Marcelline was the child of Jean-François LEBLOND and Therese LECLERC.

Simon BISSON died 28 May 1895 in St-Nérée, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada.
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Marcelline LEBLOND
Marriage date: 11 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Marcelline LEBLOND was the child of Jean-François LEBLOND and Therese LECLERC

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Children of Simon BISSON and Marcelline LEBLOND

Rose BISSON

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Ambroise THERRIEN 10 February 1868

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Birth — 1811
1 October 1811
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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

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 / Partner
Simon BISSON and Marcelline LEBLOND 11 February 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 27 years old.

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

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marcelline LEBLOND died 14 June 1858, St-Lazarre, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

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.