Alexis CYR

Born

28 May 1785 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 September 1853 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East

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Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN Marie-Marguerite HERPIN

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Born: 28 May 1785 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN

Mother: Marie-Marguerite HERPIN

Paternal grandparents: Louis Joseph CYR , Marie Josephe CORMIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Pierre HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN , Marie-Angélique THIBAULT

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Alexis married Marie-Josephe DUPUIS 13 January 1806 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe DUPUIS was born 15 August 1789 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie-Josephe died 10 December 1885 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph DUPUIS and Françoise BENOIT.

Alexis CYR died 23 September 1853 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Josephe DUPUIS
Marriage date: 13 January 1806
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe DUPUIS was the child of Joseph DUPUIS and Françoise BENOIT

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Marie-Josephe CYR

Born: 4 January 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean Baptiste BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN 21 February 1832 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Joseph CYR

Born: 7 December 1809, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE 8 July 1828 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1785
28 May 1785
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Alexis CYR and Marie-Josephe DUPUIS 13 January 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 20 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CYR was born 4 January 1808, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Alexis was 22 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Joseph CYR was born 7 December 1809, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Alexis was 24 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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage of Child
Joseph CYR married 8 July 1828, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe CYR married 21 February 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Jean Baptiste BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN

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.