Pierre RAJOTTE

Born

2 December 1800 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1887 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE Catherine ALLARD

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Born: 2 December 1800 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis RAJOTTE

Mother: Catherine ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) , Geneviève HUS PAUL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ALLARD , Félicité COMEAU

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Pierre married Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 2 August 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was born abt. 1812 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie died 15 January 1894 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie was the child of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST MARTIN.

Pierre RAJOTTE died 11 February 1887 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .

marié le 2 août 1831, St-Pierre, Sorel, Richelieu, Qc, avec Marie Gautron-Larochelle 1812-1894

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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.
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Pierre RAJOTTE married

Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE
Marriage date: 2 August 1831
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE was the child of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne ST MARTIN

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Children of Pierre RAJOTTE and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Marie RAJOTTE

Born: 28 July 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 7 April 1909, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine LAVIOLETTE 4 February 1856 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1800
2 December 1800
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
Pierre RAJOTTE and Marie GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 2 August 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 30 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Marie RAJOTTE was born 28 July 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 31 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)

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Marie RAJOTTE married 4 February 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Antoine LAVIOLETTE

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.