Francois PLANTE

(b. 25 March 1797 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 1 October 1868 , Beauharnois, Québec, Canada )

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Francois PLANTE was born 25 March 1797 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Francois PLANTE was the child of Pierre PLANTE and Francoise CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PLANTE and Marie-Amable LAFRAMBOISE (maternal) François CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE and Louise MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE

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Francois married Marie-Louise GAUDRY abt. 1826 . Marie-Louise GAUDRY was born 26 August 1797 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 4 March 1834 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis GAUDRY and Marie-Céleste DAVID.

Francois married (2) Catherine BEAUDRY 21 August 1838 in Rupert's Land, Hudson's Bay, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine BEAUDRY was born abt. 1808 in Fort Carleton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Catherine was the child of Louison Joseph GAUDRY (BEAUDRY) and Lisette CHATELAIN.

Francois PLANTE died 1 October 1868 in Beauharnois, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Francois PLANTE

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Francois PLANTE married

Marie-Louise GAUDRY-- Date: abt. 1826 Place:
Marie-Louise GAUDRY was the child of Louis GAUDRY and Marie-Céleste DAVID

Children of Francois PLANTE and Marie-Louise GAUDRY:

Francois PLANTE married

Catherine BEAUDRY-- Date: 21 August 1838 Place: Rupert's Land, Hudson's Bay, Canada
Catherine BEAUDRY was the child of Louison Joseph GAUDRY (BEAUDRY) and Lisette CHATELAIN

Children of Francois PLANTE and Catherine BEAUDRY:

Nancy PLANTE (b.9 May 1840, , Northwest Territories, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph POITRAS 1860 in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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1797 Birth
25 March 1797
Sorel, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise GAUDRY died 4 March 1834, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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
Francois PLANTE and Catherine BEAUDRY 21 August 1838, Rupert's Land, Hudson's Bay, Canada

He was 41 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

1840 Birth of Child
Nancy PLANTE was born 9 May 1840, , Northwest Territories, Canada

Francois was 43 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.

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

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.