Marie-Théophile LETESTU

Born

2 November 1826 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

Died

12 January 1884 , Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada

Marie-Théophile married Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 27 February 1843 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 5 May 1820 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . Moise died abt. 1850 in Saint-Césaire, Canada East . Moise was the child of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Théophile LETESTU

Marie-Théophile LETESTU married

Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN
Marriage date: 27 February 1843
Marriage place: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada East
Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was the child of François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marianne (Marie Anne) LAMBERT

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

Children of Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Marie-Théophile LETESTU

Joséphine-Octavie PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Albini PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1826
2 November 1826
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Théophile LETESTU and Moise PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 27 February 1843, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)

She was 16 years old.

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

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.