Pierre-Gaspard PIGEAU

Born

26 July 1786 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

abt. 1863 , L'Assomption, Canada East

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Born: 26 July 1786 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Pierre-Gaspard married Judith MAGNERON dite LAJEUNESSE 5 March 1832 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith MAGNERON dite LAJEUNESSE was born 28 October 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Judith died 3 January 1899 in Bonfield, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada.

Pierre-Gaspard PIGEAU died abt. 1863 in L'Assomption, Canada East .
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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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Pierre-Gaspard PIGEAU married

Judith MAGNERON dite LAJEUNESSE
Marriage date: 5 March 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

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Pierre PIGEAU

Born: 19 December 1832, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
Died: 29 June 1909, Mattawa, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: Marie Anne BECHAMP BACHAND 1854

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Birth — 1786
26 July 1786
Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Gaspard PIGEAU and Judith MAGNERON dite LAJEUNESSE 5 March 1832, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 45 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Pierre PIGEAU was born 19 December 1832, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Gaspard was 46 years old.

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)

1852-53 - 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)