Edouard PELLETIER

Born

5 February 1801 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

14 August 1883 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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Barthelemy PELLETIER Suzanne MARQUIS

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Born: 5 February 1801 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Barthelemy PELLETIER

Mother: Suzanne MARQUIS

Paternal grandparents: Michel-Jacques PELLETIER , Marie-Anne-Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS LAUZIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Francois MARQUIS , Agnes-Genevieve COTE

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Edouard married Emerence LEVASSEUR 8 January 1827 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerence LEVASSEUR was born 14 November 1811 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Emerence died 12 April 1885 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Emerence was the child of Benjamin LEVASSEUR and Josephte SOUCY.

Edouard PELLETIER died 14 August 1883 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .
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Edouard PELLETIER married

Emerence LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 8 January 1827
Marriage place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Emerence LEVASSEUR was the child of Benjamin LEVASSEUR and Josephte SOUCY

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Thomas PELLETIER

Born: 15 June 1830, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adele SIROIS 24 October 1854 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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Birth — 1801
5 February 1801
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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
Edouard PELLETIER and Emerence LEVASSEUR 8 January 1827, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 25 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
Thomas PELLETIER was born 15 June 1830, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Edouard was 29 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)

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
Thomas PELLETIER married 24 October 1854, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Adele SIROIS

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.