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Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE

(b. 14 February 1798 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1875 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada )

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Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE was born 14 February 1798 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE was the child of Louis-Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE and Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE and Agathe ST-YVES (maternal) Pierre DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marie-Josephe BEAUDIN

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Paul married Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY 3 November 1818 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 22 February 1798 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite died abt. 1818 Marie-Marguerite was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Agathe DENIAU (DAIGNEAU).

Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE died 1 April 1875 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE

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Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE married

Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY-- Date: 3 November 1818 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie-Agathe DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)

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Children of Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE and Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY:

Louis LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE (b., , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie LERIGER dite LAPLANTE (b.abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Abraham DAIGNEAU 2 March 1840 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1798 Birth
14 February 1798
La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE and Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY 3 November 1818, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 20 years old.

Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) LAPLANTE - 1818 marriage

1818 marriage
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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

1840 Marriage of Child
Marie LERIGER dite LAPLANTE married 2 March 1840, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Abraham DAIGNEAU

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

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.