Marguerite SAVARD

Born

16 August 1818 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 January 1892 , Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec, Canada

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Laurent SAVARD Therese BRASSARD

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Born: 16 August 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent SAVARD

Mother: Therese BRASSARD

Paternal grandparents: Mathieu SAVARD , Cecile DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Augustin BRASSARD , Genevieve IMBEAULT dite LAGRANGE

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Marguerite married Peter MCLEOD 12 February 1850 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Peter MCLEOD was born abt. 1786 in Scotland (United Kingdom).

Marguerite SAVARD died 24 January 1892 in Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec, 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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Marguerite SAVARD married

Peter MCLEOD
Marriage date: 12 February 1850
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Children of Peter MCLEOD and Marguerite SAVARD

Christine MCLEOD

Born: June 1856, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: David TREMBLAY 8 September 1874 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1818
16 August 1818
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
Marguerite SAVARD and Peter MCLEOD 12 February 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

She was 31 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.

1856 Birth of Child
Christine MCLEOD was born June 1856, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marguerite was 37 years old.

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.