Vital FILION

Born

19 February 1811 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

20 March 1890 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Vital married Marie POTVIN 3 February 1835 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie POTVIN was born 9 October 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Marie died 8 January 1861 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . Marie was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT .

Parents & Family of Vital FILION

Parents of Vital FILION

Father

Frederic FILION

Mother

Angelique VERREAULT

Grandparents of Vital FILION

Paternal grandparents

Zacharie FILION Suzanne GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Maternal grandparents

Amable VERREAULT (VERREAU) Francoise-Philotee POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Vital FILION

Vital FILION married

Marie POTVIN
Marriage date: 3 February 1835
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Vital FILION and Marie POTVIN
Marie POTVIN was the child of Francois POTVIN and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Vital FILION and Marie POTVIN

Dina FILION

Born: 23 March 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 6 August 1910, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 13 April 1874

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Vital's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1811
19 February 1811
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Vital FILION and Marie POTVIN 3 February 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Dina FILION was born 23 March 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Vital was 33 years old.

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie POTVIN died 8 January 1861, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.