Francois ASSELIN

Born

10 November 1810 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

23 August 1889 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN Catherine CAMPAGNA

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Born: 10 November 1810 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN

Mother: Catherine CAMPAGNA

Paternal grandparents: Basile ASSELIN , Marie-Anne COUTURE

Maternal grandparents: Jean CAMPAGNA , Madeleine-Benoni GAGNON

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

Francois married Sophie LEFRANCOIS 15 October 1835 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sophie LEFRANCOIS was born 12 March 1814 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Sophie died 20 April 1880 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Sophie was the child of Ignace LEFRANCOIS and Madeleine HUOT.

Francois ASSELIN died 23 August 1889 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Tanneur

A tanneur, or tanner, prepared the skins of animals with tan or tannin (tree bark powder), in order to produce leather by hand. A tannery was where the tanner worked. Tanning was considered a noxious or 'odoriferous trade' and relegated to the outskirts of town and near a river or stream, usually amongst the poor. In other words, tanneries smelled horrible.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Spouse & Children of Francois ASSELIN

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Sophie LEFRANCOIS
Marriage date: 15 October 1835
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Sophie LEFRANCOIS was the child of Ignace LEFRANCOIS and Madeleine HUOT

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Children of Francois ASSELIN and Sophie LEFRANCOIS

Arthemise ASSELIN

Born: 3 February 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Abel TREMBLAY 13 February 1855 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Georgina ASSELIN

Born: 27 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1810
10 November 1810
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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
Francois ASSELIN and Sophie LEFRANCOIS 15 October 1835, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 24 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

1838 Birth of Child
Arthemise ASSELIN was born 3 February 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 27 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgina ASSELIN was born 27 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 39 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Arthemise ASSELIN married 13 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Abel TREMBLAY

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie LEFRANCOIS died 20 April 1880, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

Death — 1889
23 August 1889
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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