Marguerite THERRIEN

Born

abt. 1805 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

18 January 1903 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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Louis THERRIEN Françoise BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Louis THERRIEN

Mother: Françoise BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie THERRIEN , Marguerite MOREAU

Maternal grandparents: Michel BOURGEOIS , Nathalie COMEAU

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Marguerite married Henri LAJEUNESSE 5 February 1833 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Henri LAJEUNESSE was born 13 August 1803 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Henri died 3 January 1878 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada. Henri was the child of Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Geneviève DEMERS.

Marguerite THERRIEN died 18 January 1903 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
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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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Spouse & Children of Marguerite THERRIEN

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Marguerite THERRIEN married

Henri LAJEUNESSE
Marriage date: 5 February 1833
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Henri LAJEUNESSE was the child of Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Geneviève DEMERS

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Children of Henri LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite THERRIEN

Henri LAJEUNESSE

Born: 20 March 1834, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Emilie LAJEUNESSE

Born: 23 October 1835, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Michel LAJEUNESSE

Born: 30 November 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Antoine LAJEUNESSE

Born: 31 January 1841, Iberville, Canada East
Died: ,

Peter (Pierre) YOUNG (LAJEUNESSE)

Born: 17 June 1847, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 30 July 1918, Bear Creek, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Laura (Eleanore) SURPRISE (SURPRENANT) 1866 Place: , Wisconsin, USA

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1833 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite THERRIEN and Henri LAJEUNESSE 5 February 1833, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

1834 Birth of Child
Henri LAJEUNESSE was born 20 March 1834, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1835 Birth of Child
Emilie LAJEUNESSE was born 23 October 1835, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1838 Birth of Child
Michel LAJEUNESSE was born 30 November 1838, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1841 Birth of Child
Antoine LAJEUNESSE was born 31 January 1841, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Peter (Pierre) YOUNG (LAJEUNESSE) was born 17 June 1847, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henri LAJEUNESSE died 3 January 1878, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

Death
Name: Marguerite Therrien Lajeunesse
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Jan 1903
Event Place: Fall River, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Fall River, Massachusetts
Address: 312 Qusquechan
Gender: Female
Age: 93
Marital Status: Widowed
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Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1810
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Father's Name: Louis
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Father's Birthplace: Canada
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Additional Relatives: X
Spouse's Name: Henri Lajeunesse
Reference ID: v 540 cn 149
GS Film number: 2057763
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Digital Folder Number: 4289823
Image Number: 718

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' Database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:NWX2-N62 : accessed 30 June 2015), Marguerite Therrien Lajeunesse, 18 Jan 1903; citing Fall River, Massachusetts, v 540 cn 149, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,763.
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