Joseph-Pierre MENARD

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18 August 1803 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

8 January 1891 , Stanbridge, Québec, Canada

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Pierre MENARD Louise SIVADIER (CIVADIER)

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Born: 18 August 1803 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre MENARD

Mother: Louise SIVADIER (CIVADIER)

Paternal grandparents: François-Antoine MENARD , Marie-Madeleine MATTE

Maternal grandparents: Louis SIVADIER (CIVADIER) , Marie-Anne BLANCHET

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Joseph-Pierre married Apolline PLANTE 17 January 1826 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline PLANTE was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Apolline died 7 January 1857 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Apolline was the child of Charles PLANTE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE.

Joseph-Pierre MENARD died 8 January 1891 in Stanbridge, 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.
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Joseph-Pierre MENARD married

Apolline PLANTE
Marriage date: 17 January 1826
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada
Apolline PLANTE was the child of Charles PLANTE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

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Children of Joseph-Pierre MENARD and Apolline PLANTE

Moise (Moses) MENARD

Born: 7 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1928, St-Armand, Quebec, Canada

Married: Domithilde-Mathilde BRAULT 1866 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1803
18 August 1803
Beloeil, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Pierre MENARD and Apolline PLANTE 17 January 1826, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Moise (Moses) MENARD was born 7 March 1846, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph-Pierre was 42 years old.

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Apolline PLANTE died 7 January 1857, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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.