Eusèbe COURCHESNE

Born

20 February 1842 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Died

15 November 1938 , Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Age: 97
Cause of Death: old age

Parents & Family of Eusèbe COURCHESNE

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Born: 20 February 1842 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

Parents of Eusèbe COURCHESNE

Father

Hyacinthe COURCHESNE

Mother

Marguerite LEFEBVRE

Grandparents of Eusèbe COURCHESNE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph COURCHESNE Marie-Catherine-Antoinette CAYA

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX Josephte HOUDE

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

Eusèbe married Rosalie CUSSON 24 April 1866 in Drummondville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie CUSSON was born abt. 1847 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East. Rosalie died abt. 1917 in Grantham-Ouest or Drummondville, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Louis CUSSON and Sophie MORIN.

Eusèbe COURCHESNE died 15 November 1938 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: farmer and labourer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Eusèbe COURCHESNE

Eusèbe COURCHESNE married

Rosalie CUSSON
Marriage date: 24 April 1866
Marriage place: Drummondville, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Rosalie CUSSON was the child of Louis CUSSON and Sophie MORIN

Marriage notes:

Name: Eusebe Courchenes

[Eusèbe Courchesne]

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 1866

Marriage Place: Drummondville, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution: St-Frédéric

Spouse: Rosalie Cusson

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

Children of Eusèbe COURCHESNE and Rosalie CUSSON

Napoléon COURCHESNE

Born: abt. 1871, Grantham-Ouest or Drummondville, Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1965, Kingsey falls, Québec, Canada

Married: Christina SARRAZIN

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Eusèbe's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1842
20 February 1842
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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)

1866 Marriage / Partner
Eusèbe COURCHESNE and Rosalie CUSSON 24 April 1866, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

He was 24 years old.

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

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)

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

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)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada