Ursule MASSON

(b. 17 September 1785 , Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 February 1870 , St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada )

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Ursule MASSON was born 17 September 1785 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada

Ursule MASSON was the child of Louis-Joseph MASSON and Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Barnabé MASSON and Agnès GARNIER (GRENIER) (maternal) Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE and Angélique MERCIER

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

Ursule married Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) 7 July 1806 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) was born 14 December 1774 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Pierre died 9 September 1857 in St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre VALLIERE and Genevieve-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON.

Ursule MASSON died 26 February 1870 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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Ursule MASSON married

Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE)-- Date: 7 July 1806 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) was the child of Pierre VALLIERE and Genevieve-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON

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Children of Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) and Ursule MASSON:

Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) (b.3 April 1807, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 4 July 1841, Maskinongé, Canada East )
m. Paul TREPANIER 15 August 1825 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1785 Birth
17 September 1785
Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Ursule MASSON and Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) 7 July 1806, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) was born 3 April 1807, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Ursule was 21 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) married 15 August 1825, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Paul TREPANIER

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

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

Ursule was 55 years old.

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) died 9 September 1857, St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, 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.