Francois GINGRAS

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September 1792 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

1 April 1875 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

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François GINGRAS Marguerite GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

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Born: September 1792 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GINGRAS

Mother: Marguerite GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

Paternal grandparents: Charles GINGRAS , Thérèse LOIGNON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GABORIAULT dit LAPALME , Françoise LEBEAU

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Francois married Isabelle DESMARAIS 1 September 1812 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabelle DESMARAIS was born 22 December 1787 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Isabelle died 19 August 1832 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Isabelle was the child of Paul DESMARAIS and Catherine ALLARD.

Francois GINGRAS died 1 April 1875 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada .
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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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Isabelle DESMARAIS
Marriage date: 1 September 1812
Marriage place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Isabelle DESMARAIS was the child of Paul DESMARAIS and Catherine ALLARD

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Children of Francois GINGRAS and Isabelle DESMARAIS

Francoise GINGRAS

Born: abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Eusèbe ARCHAMBAULT 7 October 1834 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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Birth — 1792
September 1792
Québec Province, Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Francois GINGRAS and Isabelle DESMARAIS 1 September 1812, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 20 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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Isabelle DESMARAIS died 19 August 1832, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

1834 Marriage of Child
Francoise GINGRAS married 7 October 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Joseph-Eusèbe ARCHAMBAULT

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

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.