Gaspard DION

Born

23 November 1779 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 March 1865 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Louis DION Josette BRIARD

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Born: 23 November 1779 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis DION

Mother: Josette BRIARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GUYON , Rosalie LAVOIE

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Gaspard married Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 23 February 1813 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 28 February 1793 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Louise was the child of Alexandre DESSAINT and Marie-Josephe JONCAS.

Gaspard DION died 23 March 1865 in Rimouski, 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
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Gaspard DION married

Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE
Marriage date: 23 February 1813
Marriage place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Alexandre DESSAINT and Marie-Josephe JONCAS

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Children of Gaspard DION and Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

Apolline DION

Born: 8 May 1823, Montmagny, Lower Canada
Died: 29 April 1909, Matane, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin HARRISON 16 October 1843 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1779
23 November 1779
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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
Gaspard DION and Louise DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 23 February 1813, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 33 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

1823 Birth of Child
Apolline DION was born 8 May 1823, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Gaspard was 43 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Apolline DION married 16 October 1843, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Augustin HARRISON

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)