Paul TREPANIER

(b. 11 September 1796 , Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 24 February 1869 , St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada )

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Paul TREPANIER was born 11 September 1796 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Paul TREPANIER was the child of Jean-Francois TREPANIER and Marie-Angelique GERLAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque TREPANIER and Louise VEILLETTE (maternal) Jean GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) and Marguerite RENAUD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Paul married Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) 15 August 1825 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) was born 3 April 1807 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite died 4 July 1841 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite was the child of Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) and Ursule MASSON.

Paul TREPANIER died 24 February 1869 in St. Ursule, Maskinonge, 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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Paul TREPANIER married

Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES)-- Date: 15 August 1825 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) was the child of Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) and Ursule MASSON

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Children of Paul TREPANIER and Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES):

Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) (b.7/25/1826, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 10/26/1900, Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA)
m. Marguerite DEMARIE 1852

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1796 Birth
11 September 1796
Louiseville, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Paul TREPANIER and Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) 15 August 1825, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 28 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) was born 7/25/1826, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Paul was 29 years old.

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) died 4 July 1841, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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.