Thomas BERGERON

Born

13 April 1793 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

29 October 1872 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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André BERGERON Elisabeth SAVARD

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Born: 13 April 1793 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: André BERGERON

Mother: Elisabeth SAVARD

Paternal grandparents: Andre BERGERON , Louise DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: François-Louis SAVARD , Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

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Thomas married Marthe DESBIENS 6 October 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marthe DESBIENS was born 19 September 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marthe died 23 March 1836 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marthe was the child of David DESBIENS and Felicite GAUDREAU.

Thomas BERGERON died 29 October 1872 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.
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1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
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Marthe DESBIENS
Marriage date: 6 October 1812
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Marthe DESBIENS was the child of David DESBIENS and Felicite GAUDREAU

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Children of Thomas BERGERON and Marthe DESBIENS

Elisabeth BERGERON

Born: 17 September 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 4 July 1911, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges HARVEY 1 August 1837 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louise BERGERON

Born: 12 May 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 14 November 1889, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Octave DUFOUR 17 February 1846 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Henriette BERGERON

Born: 19 April 1829, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Hippolyte TREMBLAY 9 June 1846 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1793
13 April 1793
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BERGERON and Marthe DESBIENS 6 October 1812, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 19 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BERGERON was born 17 September 1819, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Thomas was 26 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Louise BERGERON was born 12 May 1826, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Thomas was 33 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Henriette BERGERON was born 19 April 1829, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Thomas was 36 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marthe DESBIENS died 23 March 1836, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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

1837 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BERGERON married 1 August 1837, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Georges HARVEY

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Louise BERGERON married 17 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Joseph-Octave DUFOUR

1846 Marriage of Child
Henriette BERGERON married 9 June 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Hippolyte TREMBLAY

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.