Benjamin PELLERIN

Born

abt. 1785 , Chezzecook, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

28 February 1873 , Larrys River, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Paul PELLERIN Marie Louise Elisabeth PETITPAS

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Born: abt. 1785 in Chezzecook, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Paul PELLERIN

Mother: Marie Louise Elisabeth PETITPAS

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste PELLERIN , Marie Josephe BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Jean PETITPAS , Françoise BERTAUD

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Benjamin married Anne Nancy RICHARD abt. 1814 in Havre Boucher, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne Nancy RICHARD was born abt. 1795 in Tor Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Anne Nancy died September 1850 in Tor Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Anne Nancy was the child of Charles Joseph RICHARD and Susanne WOLFE.

Benjamin PELLERIN died 28 February 1873 in Larrys River, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Anne Nancy RICHARD
Marriage date: abt. 1814
Marriage place: Havre Boucher, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Anne Nancy RICHARD was the child of Charles Joseph RICHARD and Susanne WOLFE

Children of Benjamin PELLERIN and Anne Nancy RICHARD

Joseph James PELLERINE

Born: 10 October 1834, Larry's River, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 7 April 1916, Larry's River, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Angelique Jane DE COSTE 1852

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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

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph James PELLERINE was born 10 October 1834, Larry's River, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne Nancy RICHARD died September 1850, Tor Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.