Francois DAIGNEAU

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28 September 1821 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Died

25 February 1892 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

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Born: 28 September 1821 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Francois married Francoise GRIGNON 16 February 1841 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise GRIGNON was born 11 June 1822 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Francoise died 10 March 1890 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Francoise was the child of Antoine GRIGNON and Francoise CHARRON dite DUCHARME.

Francois DAIGNEAU died 25 February 1892 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada .
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Francois DAIGNEAU married

Francoise GRIGNON
Marriage date: 16 February 1841
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Francoise GRIGNON was the child of Antoine GRIGNON and Francoise CHARRON dite DUCHARME

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Children of Francois DAIGNEAU and Francoise GRIGNON

Francois DAIGNEAULT

Born: October 1844, Saint-Clement, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada
Died: 4 April 1910, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marguerite ROBERT 1873

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Birth — 1821
28 September 1821
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Francois DAIGNEAU and Francoise GRIGNON 16 February 1841, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 19 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Francois DAIGNEAULT was born October 1844, Saint-Clement, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada

Francois was 23 years old.

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.