Francois CLERMONT

Born

2 October 1787 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 March 1862 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste CLERMONT dit BOREL Marie D'AUTEUIL dite RUETTE

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Born: 2 October 1787 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste CLERMONT dit BOREL

Mother: Marie D'AUTEUIL dite RUETTE

Paternal grandparents: Leonard-Joseph BOREL dit CLERMONT , Dorothee SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Charles D'AUTEUIL , Angélique MOREAU

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Francois married Emilie ALEXANDRE 12 August 1816 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie ALEXANDRE was born 11 April 1801 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Emilie died 17 June 1879 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Emilie was the child of Louis ALEXANDRE and Marguerite GAGNON.

Francois CLERMONT died 1 March 1862 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Emilie ALEXANDRE
Marriage date: 12 August 1816
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Emilie ALEXANDRE was the child of Louis ALEXANDRE and Marguerite GAGNON

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Children of Francois CLERMONT and Emilie ALEXANDRE

Totisse-Lellanc-Francois-Aloyious-Louis CLAIRMONT (CLAIREMONT)

Born: 7 February 1820, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: 8 February 1904, Prescott, Ontario, Canada

Married: Marie-Flavie BLAGDON 20 November 1843 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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Birth — 1787
2 October 1787
Rivière-Ouelle, 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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Francois CLERMONT and Emilie ALEXANDRE 12 August 1816, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 28 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Totisse-Lellanc-Francois-Aloyious-Louis CLAIRMONT (CLAIREMONT) was born 7 February 1820, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Francois was 32 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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Totisse-Lellanc-Francois-Aloyious-Louis CLAIRMONT (CLAIREMONT) married 20 November 1843, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Flavie BLAGDON

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