Jacques BRASSARD

Born

25 July 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

6 June 1874 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD Angélique TREMBLAY

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Born: 25 July 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD

Mother: Angélique TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Charles BRASSARD , Marie-Josephte GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: Alexis TREMBLAY , Charlotte SAVARD

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Jacques married Madeleine HARVEY 18 February 1833 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine HARVEY was born 9 March 1797 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Madeleine died 24 May 1875 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Dominique-Isaac HARVEY and Marie-Madeleine PERRON.

Jacques BRASSARD died 6 June 1874 in Jonquière, 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
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Jacques BRASSARD married

Madeleine HARVEY
Marriage date: 18 February 1833
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Madeleine HARVEY was the child of Dominique-Isaac HARVEY and Marie-Madeleine PERRON

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Children of Jacques BRASSARD and Madeleine HARVEY

Francois-Xavier BRASSARD

Born: 1 April 1837, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 18 December 1920, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide BERGERON 3 May 1859 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1812
25 July 1812
La Malbaie, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BRASSARD and Madeleine HARVEY 18 February 1833, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier BRASSARD was born 1 April 1837, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jacques was 24 years old.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier BRASSARD married 3 May 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adelaide BERGERON

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.