Antoine LARUE

Born

20 January 1803 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

18 May 1891 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Thomas LARUE Angélique GOSSELIN

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Born: 20 January 1803 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Thomas LARUE

Mother: Angélique GOSSELIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LARUE , Geneviève HUGUET

Maternal grandparents: Louis GOSSELIN , Angelique COUTURE

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Antoine married Antoinette DUPRÉ 26 September 1826 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette DUPRÉ was born 3 August 1810 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Antoinette died 31 May 1892 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Antoinette was the child of Louis DUPRE and Marie-Louise LARUE.

Antoine LARUE died 18 May 1891 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Antoine LARUE married

Antoinette DUPRÉ
Marriage date: 26 September 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Antoinette DUPRÉ was the child of Louis DUPRE and Marie-Louise LARUE

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Children of Antoine LARUE and Antoinette DUPRÉ

Thomas LARUE

Born: 22 December 1839, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 5 January 1896, Compton, Québec, Canada

Married: Arabelle-Azeline ST-AMAND 2 July 1867 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1803
20 January 1803
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LARUE and Antoinette DUPRÉ 26 September 1826, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Thomas LARUE was born 22 December 1839, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 36 years old.

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

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.