Basile POITRAS

Born

27 May 1791 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

7 May 1876 , Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada

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Jean POITRAS Genevieve COUILLARD

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Born: 27 May 1791 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Jean POITRAS

Mother: Genevieve COUILLARD

Paternal grandparents: Michel POITRAS , Marguerite ARNOULD

Maternal grandparents: Emmanuel COUILLARD dit DESPRES , Genevieve CHALIFOUR

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Basile married Angele GAGNON 6 June 1813 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angele GAGNON was born 15 December 1794 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Angele died 15 August 1866 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Angele was the child of Jean-Eloi GAGNON and Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE.

Basile POITRAS died 7 May 1876 in Saint-Sauveur, 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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Basile POITRAS married

Angele GAGNON
Marriage date: 6 June 1813
Marriage place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Angele GAGNON was the child of Jean-Eloi GAGNON and Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE

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Basile POITRAS

Born: 15 May 1815, L'Islet, Lower Canada
Died: 5 January 1891, St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

Married: Emerentienne DUBE 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Pierre POITRAS

Born: abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie DUVAL 29 August 1843 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1791
27 May 1791
L'Islet, Lower Canada

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

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Basile POITRAS and Angele GAGNON 6 June 1813, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 22 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Basile POITRAS was born 15 May 1815, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Basile was 23 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

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Basile POITRAS married 11 February 1839, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Emerentienne DUBE

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Pierre POITRAS married 29 August 1843, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Julie DUVAL

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)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angele GAGNON died 15 August 1866, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.