Michel POIRIER

(b. 20 April 1802 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 17 August 1869 , Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

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Michel POIRIER was born 20 April 1802 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Michel POIRIER was the child of François POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Marie-Louise DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre POIRIER dit DESLOGES and Charlotte PILON (maternal) Jean-François DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Françoise RENAUD dite LAVERGNE

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

Michel married Marguerite EMOND 13 February 1827 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite EMOND was born 22 October 1808 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marguerite died 10 March 1869 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marguerite was the child of Toussaint EMOND and Thérèse CLEMENT.

Michel POIRIER died 17 August 1869 in Vaudreuil, 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 POIRIER

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Michel POIRIER married

Marguerite EMOND-- Date: 13 February 1827 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Marguerite EMOND was the child of Toussaint EMOND and Thérèse CLEMENT

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Children of Michel POIRIER and Marguerite EMOND:

Marguerite POIRIER (b.18 March 1832, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 19 November 1912, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

François-Xavier POIRIER (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 August 1867, , Québec Province, Canada )

Evangeliste POIRIER (b.18 June 1843, Vaudreuil, Canada East d. 8 May 1899, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada )

Justinien POIRIER (b.12 June 1849, Vaudreuil, Canada East d. , )

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1802 Birth
20 April 1802
Vaudreuil, 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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Michel POIRIER and Marguerite EMOND 13 February 1827, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 24 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marguerite POIRIER was born 18 March 1832, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Michel was 29 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Evangeliste POIRIER was born 18 June 1843, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Michel was 41 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Justinien POIRIER was born 12 June 1849, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Michel was 47 years old.

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.