Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE

Born

15 September 1801 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

18 December 1858 , Sainte-Luce, Canada East

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Louis BESSE Charlotte PELLETIER

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Born: 15 September 1801 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Louis BESSE

Mother: Charlotte PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BESSE , Thérèse MARANDA

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

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Marie-Anne-Eleonore married Joseph PELLETIER 5 August 1834 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PELLETIER was born 18 February 1805 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 6 October 1857 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Julien PELLETIER and Marthe PELLETIER.

Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE died 18 December 1858 in Sainte-Luce, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE married

Joseph PELLETIER
Marriage date: 5 August 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Joseph-Julien PELLETIER and Marthe PELLETIER

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Children of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne-Eleonore BESSE

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 — 1801
15 September 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

She was 32 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

Marie-Anne-Eleonore was 42 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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)