Pierre DAIGNEAU

Born

24 March 1804 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

6 April 1858 , La Prairie, Canada East

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Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)Marie-Angélique MICHON

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Born: 24 March 1804 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Mother: Marie-Angélique MICHON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) , Josephte GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Marie MICHON , Marie-Thérèse GERVAIS

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Pierre married Flavie CAILLE 4 February 1854 in Napierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavie CAILLE was born 11 December 1824 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Flavie was the child of Toussaint CAILLE and Josephte GAREAU.

Pierre DAIGNEAU died 6 April 1858 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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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
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Flavie CAILLE
Marriage date: 4 February 1854
Marriage place: Napierville, Canada East
Flavie CAILLE was the child of Toussaint CAILLE and Josephte GAREAU

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Eliza DAIGNEAU

Born: 23 November 1854, La Prairie, Canada East
Died: 11 July 1921, Upton, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 8 July 1873 Place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

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Birth — 1804
24 March 1804
La Prairie, 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)

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DAIGNEAU and Flavie CAILLE 4 February 1854, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 49 years old.

1854 Birth of Child
Eliza DAIGNEAU was born 23 November 1854, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 50 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.