Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE

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18 April 1797 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

13 June 1865 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE Marguerite MARTIN

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Born: 18 April 1797 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE

Mother: Marguerite MARTIN

Paternal grandparents: Charles-François LIZOTTE , Marie-Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Maternal grandparents: Joachim MARTIN , Marguerite HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Jean-Celestin married Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE 16 October 1827 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE was born 22 April 1804 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Priscille died 13 June 1865 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Priscille was the child of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE died 13 June 1865 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE
Marriage date: 16 October 1827
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE was the child of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Virginie LIZOTTE

Born: 18 May 1831, La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Died: 11 December 1918, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 8 September 1851 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
18 April 1797
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE and Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE 16 October 1827, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 30 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Virginie LIZOTTE was born 18 May 1831, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Celestin was 34 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)

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

1851 Marriage of Child
Virginie LIZOTTE married 8 September 1851, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Georges TREMBLAY

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)