Etienne-Napoleon FILION

Born

1 September 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

20 June 1889 , St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne FILION Genevieve CORNEAU

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Born: 1 September 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne FILION

Mother: Genevieve CORNEAU

Paternal grandparents: Etienne FILION , Cecile BUSSIERE

Maternal grandparents: Michel CORNEAU , Genevieve MOREAU

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

Etienne-Napoleon married Julie REHEL 19 January 1847 in Rimouski, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie REHEL was born 29 October 1819 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Julie died 12 May 1891 in Canton-Neigette, Quebec, Canada. Julie was the child of Melchior REHEL and Marie-Brigitte PARENT.

Etienne-Napoleon FILION died 20 June 1889 in St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Spouse & Children of Etienne-Napoleon FILION

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Etienne-Napoleon FILION married

Julie REHEL
Marriage date: 19 January 1847
Marriage place: Rimouski, Canada East
Julie REHEL was the child of Melchior REHEL and Marie-Brigitte PARENT

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Children of Etienne-Napoleon FILION and Julie REHEL

Julie-Eleonore FILION

Born: 7 April 1854, Rimouski, Canada East
Died: 3 March 1938, St-Anaclet de Lessard, Canada

Married: Napoleon RUEST 11 September 1876

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Birth — 1823
1 September 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Etienne-Napoleon FILION and Julie REHEL 19 January 1847, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 23 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Julie-Eleonore FILION was born 7 April 1854, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Etienne-Napoleon was 30 years old.

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

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.