Alexandre TURNER

Born

2 March 1810 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

Died

31 January 1870 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Alexander TURNER Angélique BELANGER

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Born: 2 March 1810 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Father: Alexander TURNER

Mother: Angélique BELANGER

Paternal grandparents: John TURNER , Agnes CLARKE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BELANGER , Marguerite LORD dite LAMONTAGNE

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Alexandre married Mathilde AYOTTE 12 January 1835 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde AYOTTE was born 11 June 1812 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Mathilde died 21 March 1861 in Sainte-Ursule, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Thomas AYOTTE and Angelique MORIN.

Alexandre TURNER died 31 January 1870 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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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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Alexandre TURNER married

Mathilde AYOTTE
Marriage date: 12 January 1835
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Mathilde AYOTTE was the child of Thomas AYOTTE and Angelique MORIN

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Children of Alexandre TURNER and Mathilde AYOTTE

Joseph TURNER

Born: 6 February 1837, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 3 May 1926, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Louise LEMAITRE 16 September 1862 Place: Louiseville, Canada East

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Birth — 1810
2 March 1810
Louiseville, Lower Canada

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre TURNER and Mathilde AYOTTE 12 January 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 24 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Joseph TURNER was born 6 February 1837, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Alexandre was 26 years old.

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)

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathilde AYOTTE died 21 March 1861, Sainte-Ursule, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

1862 Marriage of Child
Joseph TURNER married 16 September 1862, Louiseville, Canada East to Louise LEMAITRE

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.