Octave ARSENAULT

Born

17 November 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

24 September 1876 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT Marie-Louise LEROUX

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Born: 17 November 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT

Mother: Marie-Louise LEROUX

Paternal grandparents: Charles ARSENAULT , Nathalie LEBLANC

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEROUX , Marie-Agathe SALOIS

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Octave married Sophie CHAPDELAINE 2 February 1841 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie CHAPDELAINE was born 11 January 1822 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Sophie died 24 October 1892 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Sophie was the child of Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE and Modeste DUHAMEL.

Octave ARSENAULT died 24 September 1876 in Saint-Ours, 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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Sophie CHAPDELAINE
Marriage date: 2 February 1841
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Canada East

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Sophie CHAPDELAINE was the child of Jean-Victor CHAPDELAINE and Modeste DUHAMEL

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Hermine ARSENAULT

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoine THIBEAU (THIBAULT) 24 October 1870 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1818
17 November 1818
Sorel, 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

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Octave ARSENAULT and Sophie CHAPDELAINE 2 February 1841, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 22 years old.

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.