Pierre SAMSON

Born

9 November 1775 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 May 1860 , Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Pierre SAMSON

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Born: 9 November 1775 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Pierre SAMSON

Father

Ignace SAMSON

Mother

Marie-Thérèse BLAIS

Grandparents of Pierre SAMSON

Paternal grandparents

Ignace SAMSON Rosalie (Rose) BOULET

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Charles BLAIS Marguerite CADIEUX

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

Pierre married Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS 29 August 1808 in Rigaud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS was born 13 January 1780 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Elisabeth died 28 October 1860 in Hull, Canada East . Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Joseph-Amable BLAIS and Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR.

Pierre SAMSON died 29 May 1860 in Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre SAMSON

Pierre SAMSON married

Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS
Marriage date: 29 August 1808
Marriage place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS was the child of Joseph-Amable BLAIS and Marie-Anne LAMADELEINE dite LADOUCEUR

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

Children of Pierre SAMSON and Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS

Scholastique SAMSON

Born: 31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3 April 1865, Aylmer, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Married: Antoine BRUNET 19 September 1825 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada

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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 — 1775
9 November 1775
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1801 Birth of Child
Scholastique SAMSON was born 31 May 1801, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 25 years old.

1808 Marriage / Partner
Pierre SAMSON and Marie-Elisabeth BLAIS 29 August 1808, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

He was 32 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