Michel LUSSIER

Born

21 March 1807 , Boucherville, Lower Canada

Died

5 August 1879 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Louis LUSSIER Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES

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Born: 21 March 1807 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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Michel married Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) 23 October 1832 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) was born 26 September 1814 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) and Marguerite-Victoire WILLIAM.

Michel LUSSIER died 5 August 1879 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Michel LUSSIER married

Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)
Marriage date: 23 October 1832
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada

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Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) was the child of Jean-Baptiste DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) and Marguerite-Victoire WILLIAM

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

Children of Michel LUSSIER and Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)

Marguerite-Elmire LUSSIER

Born: 26 July 1833, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 28 January 1923, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Married: Theophile SENÉCAL 7 November 1853 Place: Beloeil, 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 — 1807
21 March 1807
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 - 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
Michel LUSSIER and Marguerite DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) 23 October 1832, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 25 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Elmire LUSSIER was born 26 July 1833, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Michel was 26 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
Marguerite-Elmire LUSSIER married 7 November 1853, Beloeil, Canada East to Theophile SENÉCAL

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.