Michel FORCIER

(b. 15 May 1798 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 31 March 1882 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Michel FORCIER was born 15 May 1798 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Michel FORCIER was the child of Michel FORCIER and Charlotte QUIRIAULT dite TARDIF (KIRIEAU) (TIRIOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORCIER and Marie-Anne PETIT (maternal) François QUIRIAULT (KIRIEAU) (TIRIOT) and Marie-Charlotte LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL

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

Michel married Marie-Anne PETRIN 26 November 1821 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PETRIN was born 1 March 1804 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Anne died 9 October 1828 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Anne was the child of François PÉTRIN and Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN.

Michel FORCIER died 31 March 1882 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.
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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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Family and Children of Michel FORCIER

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Michel FORCIER married

Marie-Anne PETRIN-- Date: 26 November 1821 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne PETRIN was the child of François PÉTRIN and Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN

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Children of Michel FORCIER and Marie-Anne PETRIN:

Marie-Anne FORCIER (b.7 September 1822, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) 8 November 1842 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1798 Birth
15 May 1798
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Michel FORCIER and Marie-Anne PETRIN 26 November 1821, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 23 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FORCIER was born 7 September 1822, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 24 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)

1828 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne PETRIN died 9 October 1828, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FORCIER married 8 November 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

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

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.