Pierre HERBEC

Born

15 December 1810 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

27 July 1885 , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Pantaleon HERBEC (HERBECQ)Charlotte MORIER

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Born: 15 December 1810 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Pantaleon HERBEC (HERBECQ)

Mother: Charlotte MORIER

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste HERBECQ , Angelique BARIL

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MORIER , Marie-Charlotte ROBERT

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Pierre married Clemence BUNKER 20 February 1838 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Clemence BUNKER was born 28 July 1817 in Chambly, Lower Canada . Clemence died 14 October 1890 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Clemence was the child of Moses BUNKER and Marie BESSETTE.

Pierre HERBEC died 27 July 1885 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada.
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Pierre HERBEC married

Clemence BUNKER
Marriage date: 20 February 1838
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Clemence BUNKER was the child of Moses BUNKER and Marie BESSETTE

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Children of Pierre HERBEC and Clemence BUNKER

Josephine HERBEC

Born: 20 January 1843, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Cleophas TREMBLAY 26 September 1859 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1810
15 December 1810
Chambly, 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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HERBEC and Clemence BUNKER 20 February 1838, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Josephine HERBEC was born 20 January 1843, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 32 years old.

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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Josephine HERBEC married 26 September 1859, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Cleophas TREMBLAY

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.