Rose POIRIER

Born

26 September 1822 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Died

21 April 1903 , Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada

Rose married François MERLEAU (MERLOT) 11 January 1842 in Vaudreuil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
François MERLEAU (MERLOT) was born 31 January 1821 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . François was the child of Alexis MERLOT and Josephte LEVAC .

Parents & Family of Rose POIRIER

Parents of Rose POIRIER

Father

Pierre POIRIER

Mother

Angélique BRUNET

Grandparents of Rose POIRIER

Paternal grandparents

François POIRIER dit DESLOGES Marie-Louise DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents

Joseph BRUNET Josephte POIRIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Rose POIRIER

Rose POIRIER married

François MERLEAU (MERLOT)
Marriage date: 11 January 1842
Marriage place: Vaudreuil, Canada East
François MERLEAU (MERLOT) was the child of Alexis MERLOT and Josephte LEVAC

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François MERLEAU (MERLOT) and Rose POIRIER

Alexandre MERLEAU

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph MERLEAU

Born: 15 August 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 March 1920, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

Elizabeth MERLEAU

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
26 September 1822
Vaudreuil, 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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Rose POIRIER and François MERLEAU (MERLOT) 11 January 1842, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

She was 19 years old.

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Joseph MERLEAU was born 15 August 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Rose was 30 years old.

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.