Marie BOYER

Born

22 December 1789 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 September 1874 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada

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Joseph BOYER Marie-Helene POUPART

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Born: 22 December 1789 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph BOYER

Mother: Marie-Helene POUPART

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BOYER , Josephe GERVAIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste POUPART , Madeleine DENIGER

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Marie married Pascal BROSSARD 22 February 1808 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pascal BROSSARD was born 24 March 1782 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pascal died 12 May 1856 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pascal was the child of Paul BROSSARD and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE.

Marie BOYER died 13 September 1874 in La Prairie, 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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Marie BOYER married

Pascal BROSSARD
Marriage date: 22 February 1808
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Pascal BROSSARD was the child of Paul BROSSARD and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE

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Dosithee BROSSARD

Born: 1 October 1819, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 4 February 1853, Longueuil, Canada East

Married: Antoine MARCIL 15 February 1841 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1789
22 December 1789
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie BOYER and Pascal BROSSARD 22 February 1808, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 18 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Dosithee BROSSARD was born 1 October 1819, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie was 29 years old.

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

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Dosithee BROSSARD married 15 February 1841, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Antoine MARCIL

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.

1853 Death of Child
Dosithee BROSSARD died 4 February 1853, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie was 63 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pascal BROSSARD died 12 May 1856, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.