Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT

(b. 20 August 1821 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1868 , Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada )

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Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT was born 20 August 1821 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT was the child of ? and ?

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

Theophile (Tuffield) married Marie-Reine SOREL 8 November 1841 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Reine SOREL was born 19 July 1824 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Reine died abt. 1859 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Reine was the child of Paul SOREL and Marie-Reine POISSANT.

Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT died 12 April 1868 in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.

son of Jacques Perot

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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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Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT married

Marie-Reine SOREL-- Date: 8 November 1841 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Reine SOREL was the child of Paul SOREL and Marie-Reine POISSANT

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Children of Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT and Marie-Reine SOREL:

Tuffield PARROTT (PEROT) (b.3 July 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 November 1908, Burlington, Vermont, USA)

Paul PEROT (b.9 January 1844, , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 April 1913, , Vermont, USA)
m. Margaret ROBILLARD (ROBBOYER) in , Vermont, USA

Sarah Flavie PERROTTE (PARROTT) (b.31 October 1845, Mooers, New York, USA d. 2 January 1927, Burlington, Vermont, USA)

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1821 Birth
20 August 1821
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

1840 Birth of Child
Tuffield PARROTT (PEROT) was born 3 July 1840, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Theophile (Tuffield) was 18 years old.

1841 Marriage / Partner
Theophile (Tuffield) PEROT and Marie-Reine SOREL 8 November 1841, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 20 years old.

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
Paul PEROT was born 9 January 1844, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Theophile (Tuffield) was 22 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Sarah Flavie PERROTTE (PARROTT) was born 31 October 1845, Mooers, New York, USA

Theophile (Tuffield) was 24 years old.

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.