Raphael PELLETIER

Born

22 May 1808 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

1 February 1890 , St-Octave-de-Métis, Matane, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-François PELLETIER Scholastique ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Born: 22 May 1808 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-François PELLETIER

Mother: Scholastique ROY dite DESJARDINS

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-François PELLETIER , Madeleine LEBEL

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie ROY dit DESJARDINS , Marie-Anne MICHAUD

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Raphael married Priscille RICHARD 6 November 1835 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada . Priscille RICHARD was born 4 July 1813 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Priscille died 1 June 1855 in Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada. Priscille was the child of Lambert RICHARD and Thecle MIGNEAULT.

Raphael married (2) Olive LACROIX 31 August 1863 in Ste-Cécile, Bic, Quebec, Canada . Olive LACROIX was born 14 September 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Olive died 11 November 1895 in St-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec, Canada. Olive was the child of Antoine LACROIX and Ursule BARBEAU.

Raphael PELLETIER died 1 February 1890 in St-Octave-de-Métis, Matane, Quebec, Canada.
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Raphael PELLETIER married

Priscille RICHARD
Marriage date: 6 November 1835
Marriage place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Priscille RICHARD was the child of Lambert RICHARD and Thecle MIGNEAULT

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Raphael PELLETIER married

Olive LACROIX
Marriage date: 31 August 1863
Marriage place: Ste-Cécile, Bic, Quebec, Canada
Olive LACROIX was the child of Antoine LACROIX and Ursule BARBEAU

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Birth — 1808
22 May 1808
Kamouraska, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Raphael PELLETIER and Priscille RICHARD 6 November 1835, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Priscille RICHARD died 1 June 1855, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

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

1863 Marriage / Partner
Raphael PELLETIER and Olive LACROIX 31 August 1863, Ste-Cécile, Bic, Quebec, Canada

He was 55 years old.

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.