Paul RAJOTTE

(b. 7 September 1804 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1883 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Paul RAJOTTE was born 7 September 1804 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Paul RAJOTTE was the child of Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE and Catherine ALLARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Geneviève HUS PAUL (maternal) Pierre ALLARD and Félicité COMEAU

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Paul married Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN 7 February 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN was born abt. 1810 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Veronique-Philomene died 6 December 1896 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Veronique-Philomene was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Catherine HUS PAUL.

Paul RAJOTTE died 13 January 1883 in Sorel, 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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Paul RAJOTTE married

Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN-- Date: 7 February 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN was the child of Michel PELOQUIN and Catherine HUS PAUL

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Children of Paul RAJOTTE and Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN:

Olivier RAJOTTE (b.15 December 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

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1804 Birth
7 September 1804
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 - 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Paul RAJOTTE and Veronique-Philomene PELOQUIN 7 February 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Olivier RAJOTTE was born 15 December 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul was 40 years old.

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.