Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE)

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27 March 1804 , Chambly, Lower Canada

Died

17 February 1879 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE Marie-Brigitte GUYON

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Born: 27 March 1804 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE

Mother: Marie-Brigitte GUYON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Marie VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE , Pelagie CHRISTIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie GUYON dit LEMOINE , Brigitte GUYON dite DUTILLY

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Pierre married Charlotte BERTRAND 19 August 1823 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BERTRAND was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte died abt. 1871 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte was the child of Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU.

Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) died 17 February 1879 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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
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Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) married

Charlotte BERTRAND
Marriage date: 19 August 1823
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Charlotte BERTRAND was the child of Simon BERTRAND and Ursule GALIPEAU

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Children of Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) and Charlotte BERTRAND

Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE)

Born: 23 July 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 8 December 1893, Montague, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT 28 January 1851 Place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

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Birth — 1804
27 March 1804
Chambly, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) and Charlotte BERTRAND 19 August 1823, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 19 years old.

Pierre VINCELET (VINCELETTE) - 1823 marriage

1823 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1830 Birth of Child
Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) was born 23 July 1830, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Pierre was 26 years old.

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Édouard VANSLETTE (VINCELETTE) married 28 January 1851, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire) to Armena "Hermenie" RACICOT

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.