Louis LORRAIN

(b. 4 May 1801 , Montréal, Lower Canada d. 11 November 1882 , Sainte-Dorothée, Laval, Québec, Canada* )

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Louis LORRAIN was born 4 May 1801 in Montréal, Lower Canada

Louis LORRAIN was the child of François LORRAIN and Marie-Louise DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LORRAIN and Marie-Amable QUEVILLON (maternal) Louis DEPAUCAS (DEPOCA) and Josephte VALADE

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

Louis married Marie-Archange QUEVILLON 3 June 1822 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Archange QUEVILLON was born 11 September 1803 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Archange died 17 January 1884 in Sainte-Dorothée, Laval, Québec, Canada*. Marie-Archange was the child of François QUEVILLON and Marie-Louise COUILLARD.

Louis LORRAIN died 11 November 1882 in Sainte-Dorothée, Laval, Québec, Canada*.
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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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Louis LORRAIN married

Marie-Archange QUEVILLON-- Date: 3 June 1822 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada
Marie-Archange QUEVILLON was the child of François QUEVILLON and Marie-Louise COUILLARD

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Children of Louis LORRAIN and Marie-Archange QUEVILLON:

Felicite LORRAIN (b.abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 November 1857, Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East)
m. Elie BIGRAS 10 January 1843 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1801 Birth
4 May 1801
Montréal, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Louis LORRAIN and Marie-Archange QUEVILLON 3 June 1822, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 21 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Felicite LORRAIN married 10 January 1843, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada to Elie BIGRAS

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.

1857 Death of Child
Felicite LORRAIN died 16 November 1857, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

Louis was 56 years old.

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.