Alexandre KENNEDY

Born

8 September 1823 , Métis, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

19 September 1897 , Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 8 September 1823 in Métis, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Parents of Alexandre KENNEDY

Father

Thomas KENNEDY

Mother

Catherine AMIOT

Grandparents of Alexandre KENNEDY

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Alexandre married Celina NADEAU 23 November 1852 in Frenchville, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celina NADEAU was born abt. 1830 in Saint-François, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada.

Alexandre KENNEDY died 19 September 1897 in Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexandre KENNEDY

Alexandre KENNEDY married

Celina NADEAU
Marriage date: 23 November 1852
Marriage place: Frenchville, Maine, USA

Children of Alexandre KENNEDY and Celina NADEAU

Annie Marie KENNEDY

Born: 22 January 1876, St-François, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 23 August 1942, Dexter, Maine, USA

Married: Alcime Joseph LEVASSEUR 17 June 1895

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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 — 1823
8 September 1823
Métis, Rimouski, 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 - 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)

1852 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre KENNEDY and Celina NADEAU 23 November 1852, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

He was 29 years old.

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.