Francois-Xavier DELISLE

Born

28 April 1820 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

20 August 1882 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Louis-Abraham DELISLE Josephte BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

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Born: 28 April 1820 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: Louis-Abraham DELISLE

Mother: Josephte BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph DELISLE , Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE , Marie-Anne BLOUIN

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Francois-Xavier married Henriette GOSSELIN 11 January 1842 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette GOSSELIN was born 21 September 1821 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Henriette was the child of Laurent GOSSELIN and Charlotte THIVIERGE.

Francois-Xavier DELISLE died 20 August 1882 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Pilote

The pilote, an expert in navigation, was the person who maneuvered and guided a ship. He worked alongside the ship's captain, communicating the ship's position and possible dangers to navigation (currents, islands, reefs, shallow water, etc.). To do this, he used navigation instruments such as the compass or the sextant. He checked his instruments daily and noted any significant observations.
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Spouse & Children of Francois-Xavier DELISLE

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Francois-Xavier DELISLE married

Henriette GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 11 January 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

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Henriette GOSSELIN was the child of Laurent GOSSELIN and Charlotte THIVIERGE

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Children of Francois-Xavier DELISLE and Henriette GOSSELIN

Marie-Leocadie-Rebecca DELISLE

Born: 24 June 1852, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East
Died: 29 December 1927, Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc, Lévis, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elzear-Hubert TREMBLAY 5 April 1875 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1820
28 April 1820
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Francois-Xavier DELISLE and Henriette GOSSELIN 11 January 1842, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Leocadie-Rebecca DELISLE was born 24 June 1852, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Francois-Xavier was 32 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Marie-Leocadie-Rebecca DELISLE married 5 April 1875, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Elzear-Hubert TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)