Agnes FAILLE

(b. 24 October 1791 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 5 May 1871 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada )

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Agnes FAILLE was born 24 October 1791 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Agnes FAILLE was the child of Francois FAILLE and Marie Josephe HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FAILLE (FAYE) and Marie-Anne BROSSEAU (maternal) Armand HÉBERT and Françoise GAUTREAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Agnes married Paul NORMANDIN 3 November 1812 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Paul NORMANDIN was born 23 October 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Paul died 24 June 1864 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Paul was the child of Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE and Marie-Louise GERVAIS.

Agnes FAILLE died 5 May 1871 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of Agnes FAILLE

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Agnes FAILLE married

Paul NORMANDIN-- Date: 3 November 1812 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Paul NORMANDIN was the child of Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE and Marie-Louise GERVAIS

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Children of Paul NORMANDIN and Agnes FAILLE:

Esther NORMANDIN (b.2 October 1814, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 18 October 1836 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Denise NORMANDIN (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Julien TREMBLAY 16 February 1857 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1791 Birth
24 October 1791
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Agnes FAILLE and Paul NORMANDIN 3 November 1812, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 21 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Esther NORMANDIN was born 2 October 1814, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Agnes was 22 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

1836 Marriage of Child
Esther NORMANDIN married 18 October 1836, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Denise NORMANDIN married 16 February 1857, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Julien TREMBLAY

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Paul NORMANDIN died 24 June 1864, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.