Germain TARDIF

Born

19 December 1794 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

12 December 1873 , New Brunswick, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TARDIF Marie-Anne DUBE

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Born: 19 December 1794 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste TARDIF

Mother: Marie-Anne DUBE

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Germain married Felicite SAVOIE 8 February 1819 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite SAVOIE was born 15 August 1802 in Eel River, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Felicite died 12 November 1874 in Charlo, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Felicite was the child of Germain SAVOIE and Marie Modeste ARSENAULT.

Germain TARDIF died 12 December 1873 in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Felicite SAVOIE
Marriage date: 8 February 1819
Marriage place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada
Felicite SAVOIE was the child of Germain SAVOIE and Marie Modeste ARSENAULT

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Children of Germain TARDIF and Felicite SAVOIE

Jean Baptiste TARDIF

Born: 8 May 1821, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 28 May 1911, Dalhousie, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Virginie PARENT 6 November 1853 Place: Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1794
19 December 1794
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Germain TARDIF and Felicite SAVOIE 8 February 1819, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

He was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste TARDIF was born 8 May 1821, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Germain was 26 years old.

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 - 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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste TARDIF married 6 November 1853, Petit-Rocher, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Virginie PARENT

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.