Pierre POITRAS

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23 June 1794 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 July 1854 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Pierre POITRAS Rosalie SIMARD

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Born: 23 June 1794 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre POITRAS

Mother: Rosalie SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques POITRAS , Marie-Anne GAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD , Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

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Pierre married Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET 24 February 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Archange was the child of Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Cecile GAGNON.

Pierre POITRAS died 22 July 1854 in La Malbaie, 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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Pierre POITRAS married

Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET
Marriage date: 24 February 1829
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET was the child of Pascal ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Cecile GAGNON

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Children of Pierre POITRAS and Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET

Julie POITRAS

Born: 15 June 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 23 June 1914, St-Paul-de-Mille-Vaches, St-Paul-du-Nord, Canada

Married: Epiphane TREMBLAY 29 April 1857

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Birth — 1794
23 June 1794
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POITRAS and Archange ROCHEFORT dite LURET 24 February 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 34 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Julie POITRAS was born 15 June 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 46 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.