Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON)

Born

abt. 1782 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

8 August 1855 , Saint-Jacques, Canada East

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Claude MELANSON Ludivine GAUDET

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Born: abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Claude MELANSON

Mother: Ludivine GAUDET

Paternal grandparents: Charles MELANSON , Anne GRANGER

Maternal grandparents: Charles GAUDET , Anathalie ROBICHAUD

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Joseph married Judith RICHARD 16 November 1807 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith RICHARD was born abt. 1782 Judith was the child of Joseph Theotime RICHARD and Anne DUGAS.

Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) died 8 August 1855 in Saint-Jacques, 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.

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Spouse & Children of Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON)

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Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) married

Judith RICHARD
Marriage date: 16 November 1807
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Judith RICHARD was the child of Joseph Theotime RICHARD and Anne DUGAS

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Children of Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) and Judith RICHARD

François MELANCON

Born: 2 September 1808, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Magne LANOUE 4 February 1833 Place: Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MELANSON (MELANCON) and Judith RICHARD 16 November 1807, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1808 Birth of Child
François MELANCON was born 2 September 1808, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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 of Child
François MELANCON married 4 February 1833, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Magne LANOUE

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.