François ALLARD

(b. 8 August 1796 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1878 , Farnham, Québec, Canada )
Age: 81
Cause of Death: Unknown at this time

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François ALLARD was born 8 August 1796 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada

François ALLARD was the child of Joseph ALLARD and Charlotte GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ALLARD and Genevieve JULIEN (maternal) Vincent GIROUX and Felicite MAGNAN

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

François married Marguerite CHAMBERLAND abt. 1828 . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marguerite CHAMBERLAND was born 14 July 1797 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marguerite died 15 January 1843 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire).

François ALLARD died 17 February 1878 in Farnham, Québec, Canada .

When François Allard was born on 8 August 1796, in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, his father, Joseph Allard, was 35 and his mother, Charlotte Giroux, was 30. He married Marguerite Chamberland on 27 February 1821, in Beauport, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 17 February 1878, in Farnham, Brome, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 81.
Married twice, first to Marguerite Chamberland Treffle is from that 1st marriage, then a year after Marguerite's death he married Marie Sophie Dion Yon. He fathered 11 children with each spouse for a total of 22 off-spring! He was 47 at the time of his 2nd marriage, and his new wife was 24.

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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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Family and Children of François ALLARD

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François ALLARD married

Marguerite CHAMBERLAND-- Date: abt. 1828 Place:

Children of François ALLARD and Marguerite CHAMBERLAND:

François-Xavier ALLARD (b.19 December 1821, Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Marguerite ALLARD (b.21 April 1823, Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada d. 19 September 1898, Norwich, Connecticut, USA )

Eleonore ALLARD (b.11 December 1824, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1913, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)

Joseph ALLARD (b.13 May 1826, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 9 May 1871, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)

Treffle ALLARD (b.28 January 1828, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada d. abt. 1901, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie Esther GUILBEAULT 1866

Marie Aurélie ALLARD (b.26 May 1829, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 25 September 1909, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Marcelline ALLARD (b.12 May 1832, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Priscille ALLARD (b.16 December 1833, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1922, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

Unknown ALLARD (b.17 February 1836, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1836, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )

Jule-Leon ALLARD (b.19 April 1837, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 14 May 1837, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )

Marie Phomene "Philomene" ALLARD (b.21 January 1840, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 25 August 1933, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

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1796 Birth
8 August 1796
Charlesbourg, Québec, 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

1821 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ALLARD was born 19 December 1821, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

François was 25 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Marie Marguerite ALLARD was born 21 April 1823, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

François was 26 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Eleonore ALLARD was born 11 December 1824, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

François was 28 years old.

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

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

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph ALLARD was born 13 May 1826, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 29 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Treffle ALLARD was born 28 January 1828, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

François was 31 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Marie Aurélie ALLARD was born 26 May 1829, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 32 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marcelline ALLARD was born 12 May 1832, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 35 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Priscille ALLARD was born 16 December 1833, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 37 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Unknown ALLARD was born 17 February 1836, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 39 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Jule-Leon ALLARD was born 19 April 1837, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 40 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie Phomene "Philomene" ALLARD was born 21 January 1840, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

François was 43 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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite CHAMBERLAND died 15 January 1843, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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.