Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

Born

1 October 1801 , Deschambault, Lower Canada

Died

20 March 1877 , St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada

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Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)Josephte PAQUIN

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Born: 1 October 1801 in Deschambault, Lower Canada

Father: Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

Mother: Josephte PAQUIN

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) , Françoise MATHIEU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie PAQUIN , Marguerite CLOUTIER

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Emilie married Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE 29 October 1832 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was born 13 June 1806 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 11 March 1876 in Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Antoine CROISETIERE and Madeleine ALLARD.

Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) died 20 March 1877 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada.
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Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) married

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE
Marriage date: 29 October 1832
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was the child of Antoine CROISETIERE and Madeleine ALLARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

Luce CROISETIERE

Born: 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 23 January 1902, St-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS 7 February 1853 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East

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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 — 1801
1 October 1801
Deschambault, Lower Canada

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE 29 October 1832, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 31 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Luce CROISETIERE was born 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Emilie was 32 years old.

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Luce CROISETIERE married 7 February 1853, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East to Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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.