Toussaint LUSSIER

Born

24 March 1804 , Boucherville, Lower Canada

Died

18 December 1871 , Varennes, Québec, Canada

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Louis LUSSIER Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES

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Born: 24 March 1804 in Boucherville, Lower Canada

Father: Louis LUSSIER

Mother: Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES

Paternal grandparents: Christophe LUSSIER , Marie-Reine DESMARAIS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES , Thérèse MALEPART

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Toussaint married Julie DALPE 17 January 1826 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Julie DALPE was born 20 December 1801 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Julie died 14 November 1848 in Varennes, Canada East . Julie was the child of Louis DALPE dit PARISEAU and Charlotte JODOIN.

Toussaint married (2) Henriette DUBOIS 30 June 1857 in Varennes, Canada East . Henriette DUBOIS was born 23 October 1814 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . Henriette was the child of Pierre DUBOIS and Marile-Desanges SENÉCAL dite LAFRAMBOISE.

Toussaint LUSSIER died 18 December 1871 in Varennes, Québec, Canada .

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Toussaint LUSSIER married

Julie DALPE
Marriage date: 17 January 1826
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Julie DALPE was the child of Louis DALPE dit PARISEAU and Charlotte JODOIN

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Toussaint LUSSIER married

Henriette DUBOIS
Marriage date: 30 June 1857
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada East
Henriette DUBOIS was the child of Pierre DUBOIS and Marile-Desanges SENÉCAL dite LAFRAMBOISE

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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 — 1804
24 March 1804
Boucherville, 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 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint LUSSIER and Julie DALPE 17 January 1826, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julie DALPE died 14 November 1848, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint LUSSIER and Henriette DUBOIS 30 June 1857, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 53 years old.

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.