Augustin PELLETIER

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2 August 1796 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

25 November 1877 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 2 August 1796 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Augustin married Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR 1 June 1818 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR was born 23 January 1796 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Marie Anne died 9 October 1874 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston).

Augustin PELLETIER died 25 November 1877 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Augustin PELLETIER married

Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR
Marriage date: 1 June 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Augustin PELLETIER and Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR

Sophie PELLETIER

Born: 1 October 1820, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Simon-Jules THERRIEN 26 February 1838 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1796
2 August 1796
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower 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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Augustin PELLETIER and Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR 1 June 1818, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Sophie PELLETIER was born 1 October 1820, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Augustin was 24 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

1838 Marriage of Child
Sophie PELLETIER married 26 February 1838, , New Brunswick, Canada to Simon-Jules THERRIEN

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)

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.