Jean-Baptiste BRIERE

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20 December 1890 , Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE 3 August 1841 in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE was born 21 August 1813 in Prescott, Upper Canada. Esther Marie died 9 December 1882 in Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste BRIERE married

Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE
Marriage date: 3 August 1841
Marriage place: Saint-Jérôme, Canada East

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIERE and Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE

Pierre BRIERE

Born: 2 May 1844, Saint-Jérôme, Canada East
Died: abt. 1929, Tupper Lake, New York, USA

Married: Veronique Annie LAROCHE 1870

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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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRIERE and Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE 3 August 1841, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Pierre BRIERE was born 2 May 1844, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

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.