François TESSIER

Born

23 September 1803 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

18 June 1896 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

François married Marguerite PELOQUIN 26 September 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PELOQUIN was born 15 May 1807 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 16 September 1893 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT .

Parents & Family of François TESSIER

Parents of François TESSIER

Father

Joseph TESSIER

Mother

Marie-Thérèse ÉTHIER

Grandparents of François TESSIER

Paternal grandparents

Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Marie ÉTHIER Madeleine LANDRY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of François TESSIER

François TESSIER married

Marguerite PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 26 September 1826
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite PELOQUIN was the child of Antoine PELOQUIN dit FELIX CREDY and Marguerite DUFAULT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François TESSIER and Marguerite PELOQUIN

Marie-Reine TESSIER

Born: 22 March 1846, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1803
23 September 1803
Sorel, 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 Marriage / Partner
François TESSIER and Marguerite PELOQUIN 26 September 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1826 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine TESSIER was born 22 March 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François was 42 years old.

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.