Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Born

10 November 1823 , Boucherville, Lower Canada

Died

7 April 1898 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Marie-Leonice married Amable MESSIER 2 February 1841 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable MESSIER was born 8 February 1822 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Amable died 29 April 1893 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada . Amable was the child of Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS .

Parents & Family of Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Parents of Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Father

François RACICOT

Mother

Josephte LACOSTE

Grandparents of Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Paternal grandparents

Jacques RACICOT Marie-Louise ARCAND

Maternal grandparents

Louis LACOSTE Marie-Josephe DUBOIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Marie-Leonice RACICOT married

Amable MESSIER
Marriage date: 2 February 1841
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada East
Amable MESSIER was the child of Amable MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Louise QUINTIN dite DUBOIS

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

Children of Amable MESSIER and Marie-Leonice RACICOT

Onesime-Marie MESSIER

Born: 1 January 1846, Beloeil, Canada East
Died: 19 August 1883, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 19 July 1875 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1823
10 November 1823
Boucherville, Lower Canada

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Leonice RACICOT and Amable MESSIER 2 February 1841, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 17 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER was born 1 January 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Leonice was 22 years old.

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)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER married 19 July 1875, Beloeil, Québec, Canada to Christophe PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

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 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1883 Death of Child
Onesime-Marie MESSIER died 19 August 1883, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Leonice was 59 years old.

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amable MESSIER died 29 April 1893, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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