Leon BELANGER

Born

9 December 1816 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 April 1894 , Hull, Québec, Canada

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Bonaventure BELANGER Anne PERRON

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Born: 9 December 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Bonaventure BELANGER

Mother: Anne PERRON

Paternal grandparents: Bonaventure BELANGER , Rose THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Louis PERRON , Helene THERRIEN

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Leon married Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM 11 May 1847 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM was born 9 April 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Felicite died 21 October 1907 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* . Marie-Felicite was the child of Michel CUNNINGHAM and Marie-Josephte SIMARD.

Leon BELANGER died 12 April 1894 in Hull, Québec, Canada .
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Belanger Family Heritage - Ceramic Mug 11oz

Sip your morning coffee in style with the Belanger Family Heritage Mug, a tribute to the rich legacy of Francois Belanger and Marie Guyon, pioneers who embarked on a journey to New France from Tourouvre, France in the 1620s.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Leon BELANGER

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Leon BELANGER married

Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM
Marriage date: 11 May 1847
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM was the child of Michel CUNNINGHAM and Marie-Josephte SIMARD

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Children of Leon BELANGER and Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM

Marianne-Amedee BELANGER

Born: 22 September 1850, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 22 October 1867 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1816
9 December 1816
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Leon BELANGER and Marie-Felicite CUNNINGHAM 11 May 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 30 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Marianne-Amedee BELANGER was born 22 September 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Leon was 33 years old.

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.