Louis FERLAND

Born

15 February 1790 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

7 December 1854 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Louis FERLAND Marguerite SAVIGNAC

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Born: 15 February 1790 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis FERLAND

Mother: Marguerite SAVIGNAC

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FERLAND , Helene CRÉPEAU

Maternal grandparents: François SAVIGNAC , Marie-Angélique GUILLET

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Louis married Desanges THERRIEN . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Desanges THERRIEN was born 27 September 1793 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Desanges was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN and Marie-Marguerite BROSSEAU.

Louis FERLAND died 7 December 1854 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East .
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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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Desanges THERRIEN
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Desanges THERRIEN was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN and Marie-Marguerite BROSSEAU

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Louis FERLAND

Born: abt. 1813, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Emelie CHAREST 9 October 1838 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marguerite FERLAND

Born: 10 June 1814, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 February 1906, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Joseph BRAULT 1 October 1833 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Hubert FERLAND

Born: 22 July 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 17 May 1901, Highgate, Vermont, USA

Married: Theonile LABRIE 6 February 1844 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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Birth — 1790
15 February 1790
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Birth of Child
Marguerite FERLAND was born 10 June 1814, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis was 24 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Hubert FERLAND was born 22 July 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Louis was 28 years old.

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FERLAND married 1 October 1833, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Joseph BRAULT

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Louis FERLAND married 9 October 1838, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Emelie CHAREST

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Hubert FERLAND married 6 February 1844, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Theonile LABRIE

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.