Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE)

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12 May 1781 , Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 August 1870 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada

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Pierre FRENET (FRENETTE)Isabelle THIBODEAU

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Born: 12 May 1781 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre FRENET (FRENETTE)

Mother: Isabelle THIBODEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre FRENET (FRENETTE) , Catherine GIGNAC

Maternal grandparents: Olivier THIBODEAU , Elisabeth MELANSON

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Urbain married Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) 12 August 1805 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 24 September 1782 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 6 September 1858 in Deschambault, Canada East . Marguerite was the child of Joseph FRENET (FRENETTE) and Josephte LAMOTHE.

Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) died 19 August 1870 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada .
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Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) married

Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE)
Marriage date: 12 August 1805
Marriage place: Cap-Santé, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) was the child of Joseph FRENET (FRENETTE) and Josephte LAMOTHE

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Children of Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE)

Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)

Born: 22 March 1823, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada
Died: 25 October 1868, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin PAQUIN 25 June 1844 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada East

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1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1781
12 May 1781
Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) 12 August 1805 , Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He 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

1823 Birth of Child
Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 22 March 1823, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Urbain was 41 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) married 25 June 1844, Cap-Santé, Canada East to Augustin PAQUIN

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

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) died 6 September 1858, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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.