Joseph PELLETIER

Born

18 February 1805 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

6 October 1857 , Sainte-Luce, Canada East

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Joseph-Julien PELLETIER Marthe PELLETIER

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Born: 18 February 1805 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Julien PELLETIER

Mother: Marthe PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents: Julien PELLETIER , Reine-Felicite LEMIEUX

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Bernard PELLETIER , Anne-Josephte CARON

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Joseph married Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE 5 August 1834 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE was born 15 September 1801 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne-Eleonore died 18 December 1858 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer). Marie-Anne-Eleonore was the child of Louis BESSE and Charlotte PELLETIER.

Joseph PELLETIER died 6 October 1857 in Sainte-Luce, 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.
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Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE
Marriage date: 5 August 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE was the child of Louis BESSE and Charlotte PELLETIER

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Eugenie PELLETIER

Born: 15 June 1844, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East
Died: 3 April 1925, Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec, Canada

Married: Laurent THIBAULT 24 February 1862 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1805
18 February 1805
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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE 5 August 1834, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 29 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Eugenie PELLETIER was born 15 June 1844, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 39 years old.

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.