Louis COLLETTE

Born

14 October 1816 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

26 May 1882 , Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Louis COLLETTE

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Born: 14 October 1816 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Parents of Louis COLLETTE

Father

Paul COLLETTE

Mother

Marie-Anne HEBERT

Grandparents of Louis COLLETTE

Paternal grandparents

Paul COLLETTE Marie-Reine GIRARD

Maternal grandparents

François HEBERT Anne BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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

Louis married Dorothee HANDFIELD 22 January 1839 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorothee HANDFIELD was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada. Dorothee was the child of Jean-Baptiste HANDFIELD and Catherine FONTAINE.

Louis COLLETTE died 26 May 1882 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis COLLETTE

Louis COLLETTE married

Dorothee HANDFIELD
Marriage date: 22 January 1839
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Dorothee HANDFIELD was the child of Jean-Baptiste HANDFIELD and Catherine FONTAINE

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

Children of Louis COLLETTE and Dorothee HANDFIELD

Adolphe COLLETTE

Born: 13 August 1843, Boucherville, Canada East
Died: abt. 1928, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Celanise CHABOT 11 January 1864 Place: Sainte-Rosalie, 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 — 1816
14 October 1816
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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Louis COLLETTE and Dorothee HANDFIELD 22 January 1839, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Adolphe COLLETTE was born 13 August 1843, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis was 26 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
Adolphe COLLETTE married 11 January 1864, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East to Celanise CHABOT

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.