Louis POIRIER

Born

26 May 1788 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 February 1859 , Saint-Timothée, Canada East

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Thomas POIRIER dit DESLOGES Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LARIVIÈRE

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Born: 26 May 1788 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Thomas POIRIER dit DESLOGES

Mother: Marie-Josephte CLEMENT dite LARIVIÈRE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques POIRIER , Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CLEMENT dit LARIVIÈRE , Monique PILON

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Louis married Felicite LEGAULT 8 November 1813 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite LEGAULT was born 13 July 1793 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Felicite died 1 June 1843 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Felicite was the child of Joseph LEGAULT and Felicite COUILLARD.

Louis POIRIER died 21 February 1859 in Saint-Timothée, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louis POIRIER married

Felicite LEGAULT
Marriage date: 8 November 1813
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Felicite LEGAULT was the child of Joseph LEGAULT and Felicite COUILLARD

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Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES

Born: abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 April 1898, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

Married: Denise-Arthemise CHARBONNEAU 8 October 1850 Place: Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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Birth — 1788
26 May 1788
Saint-Eustache, 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
Louis POIRIER and Felicite LEGAULT 8 November 1813, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 25 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

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felicite LEGAULT died 1 June 1843, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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 Marriage of Child
Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES married 8 October 1850, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois) to Denise-Arthemise CHARBONNEAU

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

Death — 1859
21 February 1859
Saint-Timothée, Canada East
He died at the age of 70.

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