Apolline LOISEAU

Born

15 December 1797 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

8 August 1869 , Varennes, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Apolline LOISEAU

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Born: 15 December 1797 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Parents of Apolline LOISEAU

Father

Christophe LOISEAU

Mother

Marie-Josephte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

Grandparents of Apolline LOISEAU

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Charles LOISEAU (LOZEAU) Marie-Madeleine LUSSIER

Maternal grandparents

Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS Josephte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

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

Apolline married Joseph GEOFFRION 30 January 1815 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph GEOFFRION was born 25 October 1782 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph died 19 October 1833 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Gabriel GEOFFRION and Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Apolline LOISEAU died 8 August 1869 in Varennes, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Apolline LOISEAU

Apolline LOISEAU married

Joseph GEOFFRION
Marriage date: 30 January 1815
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Joseph GEOFFRION was the child of Gabriel GEOFFRION and Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph GEOFFRION and Apolline LOISEAU

Adelaide GEOFFRION

Born: 22 September 1816, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 17 January 1861, Verchères, Canada East

Elmire GEOFFRION

Born: 30 May 1833, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: 23 January 1871, Varennes, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1797
15 December 1797
Varennes, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Apolline LOISEAU and Joseph GEOFFRION 30 January 1815, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 17 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Adelaide GEOFFRION was born 22 September 1816, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Apolline was 18 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

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

1833 Birth of Child
Elmire GEOFFRION was born 30 May 1833, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Apolline was 35 years old.

1833 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GEOFFRION died 19 October 1833, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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)

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

1861 Death of Child
Adelaide GEOFFRION died 17 January 1861, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Apolline was 63 years old.

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.