François-Pierre ALLAIRE

(b. 16 January 1762 , Verchères, Canada d. 25 March 1873 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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François-Pierre ALLAIRE was born 16 January 1762 in Verchères, Canada

François-Pierre ALLAIRE was the child of François-Marie ALLAIRE and Marie-Ursule LABOSSIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne ALLAIRE and Marguerite MIEL dite LUSIGNAN (AMIEL) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LABOSSIÈRE and Ursule-Marie RONDEAU

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François-Pierre married Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 8 November 1785 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was born 22 September 1770 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Veronique died 18 August 1821 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Veronique was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Louise MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE.

François-Pierre ALLAIRE died 25 March 1873 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada .

m. Veronique Chapdelaine

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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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Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE-- Date: 8 November 1785 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Louise MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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1762 Birth
16 January 1762
Verchères, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
François-Pierre ALLAIRE and Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 8 November 1785, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 23 years old.

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)

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

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Veronique CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE died 18 August 1821, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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

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)

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.