Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON)

(b. abt. 1791 , Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 November 1878 , Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) was born abt. 1791 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) was the child of Cyprien-Pierre DUON and Marie Modeste GIROUARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean Baptiste GIROUARD and Madeleine LEBLANC

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Pierre married Marie Madeleine BENOIT 15 January 1816 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine BENOIT was born 3 July 1795 in Sandy Point, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marie Madeleine died abt. 1839 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marie Madeleine was the child of François BENOIT and Anne L'OFFICIAL.

Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) died 28 November 1878 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) married

Marie Madeleine BENOIT-- Date: 15 January 1816 Place: Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marie Madeleine BENOIT was the child of François BENOIT and Anne L'OFFICIAL

Children of Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) and Marie Madeleine BENOIT:

Natalie DEYOUNG (b.abt. 1822, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. François CAMUS 14 June 1845

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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DEYOUNG (DUON) and Marie Madeleine BENOIT 15 January 1816, Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (Upper Big Tracadie)

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)

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.

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.