Adrien PICHÉ

Born

13 May 1791 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Died

27 November 1879 , Portneuf, Québec, Canada

Adrien married Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE 7 February 1815 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE was born 1 June 1794 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada . Marie-Marguerite died 14 April 1885 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Marie FRENETTE and Thérèse LEFEBVRE .

Parents & Family of Adrien PICHÉ

Parents of Adrien PICHÉ

Father

Hyacinthe PICHÉ

Mother

Françoise GIGNAC

Grandparents of Adrien PICHÉ

Paternal grandparents

Adrien PICHÉ Madeleine MATTE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre GIGNAC Françoise HARDY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Adrien PICHÉ

Adrien PICHÉ married

Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE
Marriage date: 7 February 1815
Marriage place: Cap-Santé, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE was the child of Joseph-Marie FRENETTE and Thérèse LEFEBVRE

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

Children of Adrien PICHÉ and Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE

Joseph Samuel PICHÉ

Born: 20 May 1842, Cap-Santé, Canada East
Died: 13 March 1912, Winooski, Vermont, USA

Married: Sarah ALLARD 24 April 1865 Place: Portneuf, Canada East

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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 — 1791
13 May 1791
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Adrien PICHÉ and Marie-Marguerite FRENETTE 7 February 1815, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 23 years old.

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)

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 Birth of Child
Joseph Samuel PICHÉ was born 20 May 1842, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Adrien was 51 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.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Joseph Samuel PICHÉ married 24 April 1865, Portneuf, Canada East to Sarah ALLARD

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.