Pierre PELLETIER

Born

23 August 1804 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

24 February 1875 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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Jean-François PELLETIER Scholastique ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Born: 23 August 1804 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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Pierre married Flavie MICHAUD 16 September 1834 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada . Flavie MICHAUD was born 1 January 1807 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Flavie was the child of Jean MICHAUD and Marie-Apolline LEVASSEUR.

Pierre married (2) Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET 25 February 1840 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET was born 15 March 1813 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Victoire Delima "Adeline" died 5 December 1887 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Victoire Delima "Adeline" was the child of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Genevieve OUELLET.

Pierre PELLETIER died 24 February 1875 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Marchand

A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Pierre PELLETIER married

Flavie MICHAUD
Marriage date: 16 September 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
Flavie MICHAUD was the child of Jean MICHAUD and Marie-Apolline LEVASSEUR

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Pierre PELLETIER married

Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET
Marriage date: 25 February 1840
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Genevieve OUELLET

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Birth — 1804
23 August 1804
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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELLETIER and Flavie MICHAUD 16 September 1834, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

He was 30 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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELLETIER and Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET 25 February 1840, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 35 years old.

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.

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.