David ASSELIN

Born

26 May 1786 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 April 1859 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Charles-Francois ASSELIN Marie-Abondance LOISEAU

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Born: 26 May 1786 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles-Francois ASSELIN

Mother: Marie-Abondance LOISEAU

Paternal grandparents: Francois ASSELIN , Marie BILODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Charles LAISEAU (LOISEAU) , Marthe LOIGNON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

David married Therese DASSYLVA 16 November 1813 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Therese DASSYLVA was born 28 November 1795 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Marguerite BERIAULT.

David ASSELIN died 5 April 1859 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: Forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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 David ASSELIN

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David ASSELIN married

Therese DASSYLVA
Marriage date: 16 November 1813
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Therese DASSYLVA was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Marguerite BERIAULT

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Children of David ASSELIN and Therese DASSYLVA

Josephte ASSELIN

Born: 28 May 1820, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 6 December 1889, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges BOILY 26 July 1846

Joseph ASSELIN

Born: 1 February 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie LABERGE 17 February 1846 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1786
26 May 1786
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
David ASSELIN and Therese DASSYLVA 16 November 1813, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 27 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

1820 Birth of Child
Josephte ASSELIN was born 28 May 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

David was 34 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Joseph ASSELIN was born 1 February 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

David was 35 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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)