François PHANEUF

Born

30 November 1783 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 January 1879 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Born: 30 November 1783 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of François PHANEUF

Father

Claude-François PHANEUF

Mother

Josephte NOËL dite LABONTÉ

Grandparents of François PHANEUF

Paternal grandparents

François PHANEUF Marie-Marguerite FORGET dite DESPATITS

Maternal grandparents

Louis NOËL dit LABONTÉ Marie-Josephte CAILLÉ

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE 23 October 1809 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE was born 28 December 1788 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 22 December 1883 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of François THIVIERGE and Marguerite JANSON.

François PHANEUF died 16 January 1879 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François PHANEUF

François PHANEUF married

Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE
Marriage date: 23 October 1809
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE was the child of François THIVIERGE and Marguerite JANSON

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

Children of François PHANEUF and Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE

Marguerite PHANEUF

Born: 17 January 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 11 January 1906, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1783
30 November 1783
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
François PHANEUF and Marie-Geneviève THIVIERGE 23 October 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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

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

1824 Birth of Child
Marguerite PHANEUF was born 17 January 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François was 40 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)

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.