Pierre LEVITRE

Born

27 March 1802 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

14 July 1876 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Antoine LEVITRE Catherine LETENDRE

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Born: 27 March 1802 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine LEVITRE

Mother: Catherine LETENDRE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine LEVITRE , Reine FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin LETENDRE , Therese FAFARD

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Pierre married Felicite BROUSSEAU 6 November 1827 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite BROUSSEAU was born 25 August 1809 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Felicite died 21 June 1881 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUSSEAU and Marie PRUNIER.

Pierre LEVITRE died 14 July 1876 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Felicite BROUSSEAU
Marriage date: 6 November 1827
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Felicite BROUSSEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUSSEAU and Marie PRUNIER

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Casildee LEVITRE

Born: 21 June 1850, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 18 July 1885, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY 31 January 1871 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1802
27 March 1802
Yamaska, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEVITRE and Felicite BROUSSEAU 6 November 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 25 years old.

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)

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

1850 Birth of Child
Casildee LEVITRE was born 21 June 1850, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Pierre was 48 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.

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Casildee LEVITRE married 31 January 1871, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY

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