Ursule BRISSETTE

(b. 28 August 1797 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 2 March 1886 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada )

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Ursule BRISSETTE was born 28 August 1797 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Ursule BRISSETTE was the child of Joseph BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS and Marie-Madeleine LATOUR dite LAFORGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS and Madeleine GERBEAU (GERBAULT) dite BELLEGARDE (maternal) Pierre LATOUR dit LAFORGE and Geneviève HÉNAULT (ENAUD)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Ursule married Joseph-Ambroise DURAND 7 October 1816 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Ambroise DURAND was born 12 July 1794 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Ambroise died 30 August 1879 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Joseph-Ambroise was the child of Joseph DURAND and Marie-Elisabeth VADNAIS.

Ursule BRISSETTE died 2 March 1886 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada .
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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Ursule BRISSETTE

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Ursule BRISSETTE married

Joseph-Ambroise DURAND-- Date: 7 October 1816 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Joseph-Ambroise DURAND was the child of Joseph DURAND and Marie-Elisabeth VADNAIS

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Children of Joseph-Ambroise DURAND and Ursule BRISSETTE:

Paul DURAND (b.5 March 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 6 September 1897, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Georgiana STANDFIELD 17 August 1847 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marie DURAND (b.26 May 1831, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 6 June 1909, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Michel GIRARD 24 July 1849 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1797 Birth
28 August 1797
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Ursule BRISSETTE and Joseph-Ambroise DURAND 7 October 1816, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 19 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Paul DURAND was born 5 March 1822, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Ursule was 24 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Marie DURAND was born 26 May 1831, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Ursule was 33 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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Paul DURAND married 17 August 1847, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Georgiana STANDFIELD

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Marie DURAND married 24 July 1849, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Michel GIRARD

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.