Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND

(b. 10 July 1803 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 9 September 1892 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

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Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND was born 10 July 1803 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND was the child of Pierre BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU and Josephte LALANNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel-Francois BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU and Françoise BOUDIER (BOUTIER) (maternal) François LALANNE and Marie-Elisabeth ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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Josette (Josephte) married Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD 25 September 1827 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD was born 25 September 1799 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Jean-Baptiste died 21 August 1876 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Marguerite BENOIT.

Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND died 9 September 1892 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada .
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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.

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Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND married

Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD-- Date: 25 September 1827 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD was the child of Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Marguerite BENOIT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD and Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND:

Joseph Raymond VEGIARD (b.19 October 1829, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 10 May 1921, Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA)
m. Sophronie POIRIER 9 January 1855 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Emery VEGIARD (b.29 June 1839, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. 18 March 1893, Windham, Connecticut, USA )
m. Marie WOOD/HOUDE 18 February 1868 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1803 Birth
10 July 1803
Saint-Mathias-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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND and Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD 25 September 1827, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

She was 24 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Joseph Raymond VEGIARD was born 19 October 1829, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Josette (Josephte) was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Emery VEGIARD was born 29 June 1839, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Josette (Josephte) was 35 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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Joseph Raymond VEGIARD married 9 January 1855, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Sophronie POIRIER

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.