Basile POITRAS

Born

15 May 1815 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

5 January 1891 , St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

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Basile POITRAS Angele GAGNON

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Born: 15 May 1815 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Basile POITRAS

Mother: Angele GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Jean POITRAS , Genevieve COUILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Eloi GAGNON , Marie-Therese ST-PIERRE

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Basile married Emerentienne DUBE 11 February 1839 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerentienne DUBE was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Emerentienne died 30 January 1906 in St-Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. Emerentienne was the child of Raphael DUBE and Therese ST-PIERRE.

Basile POITRAS died 5 January 1891 in St-Eugene, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada.
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Basile POITRAS married

Emerentienne DUBE
Marriage date: 11 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Emerentienne DUBE was the child of Raphael DUBE and Therese ST-PIERRE

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Children of Basile POITRAS and Emerentienne DUBE

Alphonsine POITRAS

Born: 14 December 1852, L'Islet, Canada East
Died: 12 April 1941, St-Marcel, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

Married: Octave TREMBLAY 17 November 1874

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Birth — 1815
15 May 1815
L'Islet, 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

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 / Partner
Basile POITRAS and Emerentienne DUBE 11 February 1839, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.

1852 Birth of Child
Alphonsine POITRAS was born 14 December 1852, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Basile was 37 years old.

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.