Felix VANIER

Born

18 June 1826 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Died

21 June 1901 , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Felix married Catherine FILION 10 February 1851 in L'Orignal, Prescott-Russell, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine FILION was born 21 December 1825 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada . Catherine died abt. 1912

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Felix VANIER

Felix VANIER married

Catherine FILION
Marriage date: 10 February 1851
Marriage place: L'Orignal, Prescott-Russell, Ontario, Canada

Children of Felix VANIER and Catherine FILION

Rose-De-Lima VANIER

Born: 26 March 1866, Gloucester Twp, Russell, Canada West
Died: 3 September 1958, Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis BIGRAS 17 July 1882

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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 — 1826
18 June 1826
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Felix VANIER and Catherine FILION 10 February 1851, L'Orignal, Prescott-Russell, Ontario, Canada

He was 24 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)

1866 Birth of Child
Rose-De-Lima VANIER was born 26 March 1866, Gloucester Twp, Russell, Ontario, Canada

Felix was 39 years old.

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.