Alphonse PARENT

Born

9 August 1836 , Saint-Pie, Lower Canada

Died

11 April 1883 , Île d'Anticosti, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

Alphonse married Anna RAYBURN abt. 1865 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna RAYBURN was born abt. 1846 in Prussia.

Parents & Family of Alphonse PARENT

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alphonse PARENT

Alphonse PARENT married

Anna RAYBURN
Marriage date: abt. 1865
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Children of Alphonse PARENT and Anna RAYBURN

Annette PARENT

Born: 9 May 1865, Trenton, Hastings, Canada West
Died: 19 May 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Married: John ALEXANDER 2 September 1896

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1836
9 August 1836
Saint-Pie, Lower Canada

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)

1852-53 - 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)

1865 Birth of Child
Annette PARENT was born 9 May 1865, Trenton, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Alphonse was 28 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.