Joseph SALVAIL

Born

4 November 1818 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

7 April 1902 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL Marguerite PAUL HUS

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Born: 4 November 1818 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

Mother: Marguerite PAUL HUS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SALVAIL , Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Maternal grandparents: Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE , Pélagie LAVALLÉE

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Joseph married Angele HUS LATRAVERSE 22 October 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele HUS LATRAVERSE was born 9 November 1819 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Angele was the child of Joseph HUS LATRAVERSE and Catherine MASSÉ.

Joseph SALVAIL died 7 April 1902 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Angele HUS LATRAVERSE
Marriage date: 22 October 1840
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Angele HUS LATRAVERSE was the child of Joseph HUS LATRAVERSE and Catherine MASSÉ

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Children of Joseph SALVAIL and Angele HUS LATRAVERSE

Paul SALVAIL

Born: 8 November 1845, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Edwige RAJOTTE 6 August 1867 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1818
4 November 1818
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SALVAIL and Angele HUS LATRAVERSE 22 October 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Paul SALVAIL was born 8 November 1845, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 27 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.