Henriette SAMSON

(b. 5 November 1814 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1847 , Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Canada East )

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Henriette SAMSON was born 5 November 1814 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Henriette SAMSON was the child of Nicolas SAMSON and Marguerite SYNNOTT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas SAMSON and Josephte PECQUEREL (maternal) Edouard SENETH (SYNNOTT) and Marie Josette ROBERT dite LEBRETON

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

Henriette married Joseph ALAIN 18 October 1834 in Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ALAIN was born 1 January 1807 in Paspébiac, Québec, Canada (Paspebiac). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Francois ALAIN and Isabelle BERGERON.

Henriette SAMSON died 5 April 1847 in Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Canada East.
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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Henriette SAMSON married

Joseph ALAIN-- Date: 18 October 1834 Place: Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Québec, Canada
Joseph ALAIN was the child of Joseph-Francois ALAIN and Isabelle BERGERON

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Children of Joseph ALAIN and Henriette SAMSON:

Honore Henri ALAIN (b.8 May 1836, L'Anse-au-Griffon-Nord, Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine Region, Quebec, Canada d. 14 February 1899, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Hortense Marie BOND 16 January 1865

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1814 Birth
5 November 1814
Bonaventure, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Henriette SAMSON and Joseph ALAIN 18 October 1834, Percé, St-Michel, Gaspé, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Honore Henri ALAIN was born 8 May 1836, L'Anse-au-Griffon-Nord, Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine Region, Quebec, Canada

Henriette was 21 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)