Franciois BOURASSA

(b. 29 January 1785 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 September 1869 , Montebello, Québec, Canada )

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Franciois BOURASSA was born 29 January 1785 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Franciois BOURASSA was the child of François-Albert-Jacques BOURASSA and Marie JANOT dite LACHAPELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Joachim BOURASSA and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU) dite DESTAILLIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste JANOT and Geneviève-Anne-Charlotte RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD

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Franciois married Geneviève PATENAUDE 6 September 1812 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Geneviève PATENAUDE was born 5 September 1789 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Geneviève died 28 July 1872 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Geneviève was the child of Étienne PATENAUDE and Marie-Anne PREVOST.

Franciois BOURASSA died 18 September 1869 in Montebello, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Family and Children of Franciois BOURASSA

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Franciois BOURASSA married

Geneviève PATENAUDE-- Date: 6 September 1812 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Geneviève PATENAUDE was the child of Étienne PATENAUDE and Marie-Anne PREVOST

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Children of Franciois BOURASSA and Geneviève PATENAUDE:

François BOURASSA (b.5 June 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada)

Geneviève BOURASSA (b.29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

Augustin-Medard BOURASSA (b.17 June 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1897, Montebello, Québec, Canada )

Domithilde BOURASSA (b.1 March 1821, , Canada d. , )

Vital BOURASSA (b.3 December 1822, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 29 March 1915, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

Marie BOURASSA (b.17 June 1824, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )

Napoleon BOURASSA (b.21 October 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 27 August 1916, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada )

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1785 Birth
29 January 1785
L'Acadie, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Franciois BOURASSA and Geneviève PATENAUDE 6 September 1812, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 27 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
François BOURASSA was born 5 June 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 28 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Geneviève BOURASSA was born 29 March 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 30 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Augustin-Medard BOURASSA was born 17 June 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 33 years old.

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1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Domithilde BOURASSA was born 1 March 1821, , Canada

Franciois was 36 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Vital BOURASSA was born 3 December 1822, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 37 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marie BOURASSA was born 17 June 1824, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 39 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Napoleon BOURASSA was born 21 October 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Franciois was 42 years old.

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.

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.