Abel BRASSARD

Born

31 March 1822 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

30 April 1879 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Alexis BRASSARD Modeste MALTAIS

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Born: 31 March 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis BRASSARD

Mother: Modeste MALTAIS

Paternal grandparents: Alexis BRASSARD , Madeleine DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Alexis MALTAIS , Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY

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Abel married Elisabeth GAGNON 12 June 1848 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth GAGNON was born 30 August 1831 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Elisabeth was the child of Dominique GAGNON and Leocadie TALON.

Abel BRASSARD died 30 April 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Abel BRASSARD married

Elisabeth GAGNON
Marriage date: 12 June 1848
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Elisabeth GAGNON was the child of Dominique GAGNON and Leocadie TALON

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Children of Abel BRASSARD and Elisabeth GAGNON

Marie BRASSARD

Born: 23 August 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 5 April 1924, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Abel TREMBLAY 9 January 1877 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1822
31 March 1822
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Abel BRASSARD and Elisabeth GAGNON 12 June 1848, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie BRASSARD was born 23 August 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Abel was 35 years old.

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.