Louise ADAM

(b. 19 July 1797 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 20 October 1873 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Louise ADAM was born 19 July 1797 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Louise ADAM was the child of Jean-Baptiste ADAM and Elisabeth COLLIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ADAM and Veronique CHARRON (maternal) Michel COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE and Marie-Elisabeth BOUGRET dite DUFORT

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

Louise married Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON 5 October 1812 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON was born 10 November 1788 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Michel died 23 June 1860 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Michel was the child of Michel CHARPENTIER and Elisabeth POIRIER.

Louise ADAM died 20 October 1873 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Louise ADAM married

Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON-- Date: 5 October 1812 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON was the child of Michel CHARPENTIER and Elisabeth POIRIER

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Children of Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON and Louise ADAM:

Scholastique CARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON (b.23 August 1816, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1892, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph PRÉFONTAINE 6 October 1835 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1797 Birth
19 July 1797
Beloeil, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Louise ADAM and Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON 5 October 1812, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 15 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Scholastique CARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON was born 23 August 1816, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Louise was 19 years old.

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)

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

1835 Marriage of Child
Scholastique CARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON married 6 October 1835, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Joseph PRÉFONTAINE

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 - 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel CARPENTIER dit SANSFAÇON died 23 June 1860, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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.