Alexis BRASSARD

Born

15 December 1794 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

8 March 1861 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Alexis BRASSARD Madeleine DESBIENS

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Born: 15 December 1794 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis BRASSARD

Mother: Madeleine DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents: Charles BRASSARD , Catherine GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS , Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

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Alexis married Modeste MALTAIS 11 January 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste MALTAIS was born 18 May 1799 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Modeste died 14 July 1857 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . Modeste was the child of Alexis MALTAIS and Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY.

Alexis BRASSARD died 8 March 1861 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .
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Alexis BRASSARD married

Modeste MALTAIS
Marriage date: 11 January 1820
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Modeste MALTAIS was the child of Alexis MALTAIS and Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY

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Children of Alexis BRASSARD and Modeste MALTAIS

Abel BRASSARD

Born: 31 March 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 30 April 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Elisabeth GAGNON 12 June 1848 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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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 — 1794
15 December 1794
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

1820 Marriage / Partner
Alexis BRASSARD and Modeste MALTAIS 11 January 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Abel BRASSARD was born 31 March 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Alexis was 27 years old.

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

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)