Henri LETENDRE

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26 July 1814 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

3 January 1891 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Born: 26 July 1814 in Sorel, Lower Canada

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Henri married Esther LAVALLEE 30 July 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther LAVALLEE was born July 1818 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Esther died 25 January 1855 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Henri LETENDRE died 3 January 1891 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.

son of Louis Letendre and Marie Louise Forcier

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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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Henri LETENDRE married

Esther LAVALLEE
Marriage date: 30 July 1839
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Children of Henri LETENDRE and Esther LAVALLEE

Elisabeth LETENDRE

Born: 8 July 1847, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 16 May 1868, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis-William PAUL HUS 1867

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Birth — 1814
26 July 1814
Sorel, 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
Henri LETENDRE and Esther LAVALLEE 30 July 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 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)

1847 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LETENDRE was born 8 July 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Henri was 32 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Esther LAVALLEE died 25 January 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.