Etienne BRASSARD

Born

31 March 1793 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

16 April 1870 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Etienne married Marie GUAY 18 November 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GUAY was born abt. 1797 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Marie died 7 December 1839 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . Marie was the child of Josse-Joseph GUAY and Genevieve MALTAIS .

Parents & Family of Etienne BRASSARD

Parents of Etienne BRASSARD

Father

Alexis BRASSARD

Mother

Madeleine DESBIENS

Grandparents of Etienne BRASSARD

Paternal grandparents

Charles BRASSARD Catherine GAGNON

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Etienne BRASSARD

Etienne BRASSARD married

Marie GUAY
Marriage date: 18 November 1817
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie GUAY was the child of Josse-Joseph GUAY and Genevieve MALTAIS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Etienne BRASSARD and Marie GUAY

Adele BRASSARD

Born: 27 April 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 17 March 1902, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Telesphore IMBEAULT 23 October 1849 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1793
31 March 1793
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
Etienne BRASSARD and Marie GUAY 18 November 1817, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 24 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)

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 Birth of Child
Adele BRASSARD was born 27 April 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Etienne was 37 years old.

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie GUAY died 7 December 1839, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Adele BRASSARD married 23 October 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East to Telesphore IMBEAULT

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.