Felix LUSSIER

Born

9 December 1806 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

3 March 1874 , Varennes, Québec, Canada

Felix married Rose MILLET 20 February 1827 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose MILLET was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada. Rose was the child of Jacques MILLET and Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS .

Parents & Family of Felix LUSSIER

Parents of Felix LUSSIER

Father

Christophe LUSSIER

Mother

Josephte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

Grandparents of Felix LUSSIER

Paternal grandparents

Christophe LUSSIER Marie-Reine DESMARAIS

Maternal grandparents

Gabriel MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS Marie-Josephe JODOUIN (JODOIN)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Felix LUSSIER

Felix LUSSIER married

Rose MILLET
Marriage date: 20 February 1827
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Rose MILLET was the child of Jacques MILLET and Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS

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

Children of Felix LUSSIER and Rose MILLET

Domithilde Mathilda LUSSIER

Born: 20 June 1844, Saint-Dominique, Canada East
Died: 15 November 1897, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Pierre Celestin (Sylvester) ST. JEAN 25 January 1864 Place: Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1806
9 December 1806
Varennes, 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 Marriage / Partner
Felix LUSSIER and Rose MILLET 20 February 1827, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 20 years old.

1827 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Domithilde Mathilda LUSSIER was born 20 June 1844, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

Felix was 37 years old.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Domithilde Mathilda LUSSIER married 25 January 1864 , Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Canada East to Pierre Celestin (Sylvester) ST. JEAN

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.