Pierre  GEOFFRION

Born

9 March 1806 ,  Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

26 August 1863 ,  Varennes, Canada East

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Gabriel GEOFFRIONMarie-Josephte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

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Born: 9 March 1806 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Father: Gabriel GEOFFRION

Mother: Marie-Josephte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel GEOFFRION , Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU

Maternal grandparents: Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS , Josephte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Pierre GEOFFRION died 26 August 1863 in Varennes, Canada East .

married Emilie Jodoin, 24 January 1826, Varennes, Quebec

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Birth — 1806
9 March 1806
Varennes, 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

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

Death — 1863
26 August 1863
Varennes, Canada East
He died at the age of 57.

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