Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER

Born

26 January 1793 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

10 October 1869 , St-Octave-de-Métis, Canada

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Pierre FOURNIER Brigitte BOURGELAS

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Born: 26 January 1793 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre FOURNIER

Mother: Brigitte BOURGELAS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François FOURNIER , Suzanne BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOURGELAS , Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

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Marie-Brigitte married Francois MICHAUD 8 January 1810 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois MICHAUD was born 7 June 1783 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Francois died 8 November 1859 in St-Octave-de-Métis, Canada. Francois was the child of François MICHAUD and Pelagie MOREAU.

Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER died 10 October 1869 in St-Octave-de-Métis, Canada.
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Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER married

Francois MICHAUD
Marriage date: 8 January 1810
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Francois MICHAUD was the child of François MICHAUD and Pelagie MOREAU

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Children of Francois MICHAUD and Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER

Catherine MICHAUD

Born: 23 October 1821, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 10 November 1886, Sainte-Félécité, Matane, Quebec, Canada

Married: Philippe-Frederic OUELLET 7 February 1842 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1793
26 January 1793
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Brigitte FOURNIER and Francois MICHAUD 8 January 1810, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 16 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Catherine MICHAUD was born 23 October 1821, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Brigitte was 28 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Catherine MICHAUD married 7 February 1842, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Philippe-Frederic OUELLET

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois MICHAUD died 8 November 1859, St-Octave-de-Métis, Canada

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.