Madeleine CHATIGNY

Born

14 January 1787 , Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

11 December 1882 , St-Romain, Canada

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Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE Catherine VIGER dite AUDET

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Born: 14 January 1787 in Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE

Mother: Catherine VIGER dite AUDET

Paternal grandparents: Louis CHATIGNY , Marie-Anne LECLERC

Maternal grandparents: Antoine VIGER , Catherine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Madeleine married Laurent GOSSELIN 8 May 1809 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent GOSSELIN was born 4 April 1782 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 8 December 1861 in St-Frédéric, Canada. Laurent was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie CAMPEAU.

Madeleine CHATIGNY died 11 December 1882 in St-Romain, 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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Madeleine CHATIGNY married

Laurent GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 8 May 1809
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Laurent GOSSELIN was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie CAMPEAU

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Marie GOSSELIN

Born: 4 November 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 2 March 1851, St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Married: Francois POULIOT 8 October 1839

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Birth — 1787
14 January 1787
Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine CHATIGNY and Laurent GOSSELIN 8 May 1809, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

She was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Marie GOSSELIN was born 4 November 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Madeleine was 26 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.

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

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Death of Child
Marie GOSSELIN died 2 March 1851, St-Anselme, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Madeleine was 64 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.

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent GOSSELIN died 8 December 1861, St-Frédéric, Canada

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.