George TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Born

24 April 1836 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Died

2 May 1882 , Saint-Gabriel, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

George married Marcelline BELANGER 6 February 1860 in Le Bic, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline BELANGER was born abt. 1840 in Québec Province, Canada. Marcelline was the child of Benjamin BELANGER and Julie LETOURNEAU .

Parents & Family of George TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Parents of George TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Father

Augustin TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Mother

Angélique LAVOIE

Grandparents of George TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Paternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) Josephte GAUMOND

Maternal grandparents

Ignace LAVOIE Angélique PLOURDE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of George TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

George TURCOTTE (TURCOT) married

Marcelline BELANGER
Marriage date: 6 February 1860
Marriage place: Le Bic, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Marcelline BELANGER was the child of Benjamin BELANGER and Julie LETOURNEAU

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

Children of George TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Marcelline BELANGER

Delvina TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theodore (Thadée) BOUCHARD 11 January 1881

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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 — 1836
24 April 1836
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

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.

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
George TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Marcelline BELANGER 6 February 1860, Le Bic, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.