Prisque-Arsene PAQUET

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6 February 1810 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

29 July 1881 , Ste-Blandine, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne PAQUET Marie-Marthe RUEST

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Born: 6 February 1810 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne PAQUET

Mother: Marie-Marthe RUEST

Paternal grandparents: Charles PAQUET , Marie-Charlotte-Clothilde LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Jean RUEST (RUAIS) , Rosalie GAGNON

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Prisque-Arsene married Euphemie BOUILLON 12 February 1833 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphemie BOUILLON was born 22 May 1813 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Euphemie died 6 October 1884 in Ste-Blandine, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Euphemie was the child of Jean Baptiste BOUILLON and Agnes COTE.

Prisque-Arsene PAQUET died 29 July 1881 in Ste-Blandine, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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Euphemie BOUILLON
Marriage date: 12 February 1833
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Euphemie BOUILLON was the child of Jean Baptiste BOUILLON and Agnes COTE

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Esther PAQUET

Born: 05/17/1845, Rimouski, Canada East
Died: 09/19/1919, Ste Blandine de Rimousski, Quebec, Canada

Married: François-Xavier LAVOIE 21 March 1862 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1810
6 February 1810
Rimouski, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Prisque-Arsene PAQUET and Euphemie BOUILLON 12 February 1833, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 23 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Esther PAQUET was born 05/17/1845, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Prisque-Arsene was 35 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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage of Child
Esther PAQUET married 21 March 1862, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to François-Xavier LAVOIE

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.