Joseph SURPRENANT

Born

abt. 1784 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

6 October 1854 , Saint-Rémi, Canada East

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André SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE Marie-Geneviève MARCIL

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Born: abt. 1784 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: André SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Marie-Geneviève MARCIL

Paternal grandparents: Marin SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE , Marie-Marguerite MARIER dite STE-MARIE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas MARCIL (MARSIL) , Geneviève BONNERON dite DUMAINE

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Joseph married Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE 24 November 1806 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE was born abt. 1786 in Québec Province, Canada. Isabelle-Elisabeth died 24 June 1837 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Isabelle-Elisabeth was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL.

Joseph SURPRENANT died 6 October 1854 in Saint-Rémi, Canada East .
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Joseph SURPRENANT married

Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: 24 November 1806
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL

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

Children of Joseph SURPRENANT and Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

Cesarie SURPRENANT

Born: abt. 1819, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Henri TREMBLAY 4 February 1839 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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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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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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SURPRENANT and Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE 24 November 1806, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

1837 Death of Spouse/Partner
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE died 24 June 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage of Child
Cesarie SURPRENANT married 4 February 1839, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Henri TREMBLAY

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

Death — 1854
6 October 1854
Saint-Rémi, Canada East

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