Euphronsine LEDUC

(b. 27 February 1782 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 April 1870 , Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada )

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Euphronsine LEDUC was born 27 February 1782 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

Euphronsine LEDUC was the child of Charles LEDUC and Suzanne LECOMPTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LEDUC and Marie-Elisabeth FORTIER (maternal) Charles LECOMPTE dit LAFLEUR and Geneviève LALONDE

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Euphronsine married Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN 27 January 1801 in Île-Perrot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN was born 2 February 1776 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Hyacinthe died 12 July 1863 in Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois). Hyacinthe was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT and Françoise HUNAULT.

Euphronsine LEDUC died 30 April 1870 in Saint-Timothée, 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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Euphronsine LEDUC married

Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN-- Date: 27 January 1801 Place: Île-Perrot, Lower Canada
Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT and Françoise HUNAULT

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Children of Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN and Euphronsine LEDUC:

Suzanne MONTPETIT (b.3 August 1809, Île-Perrot, Lower Canada d. 30 June 1893, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS 29 October 1827

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1782 Birth
27 February 1782
Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Euphronsine LEDUC and Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN 27 January 1801, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

She was 18 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Suzanne MONTPETIT was born 3 August 1809, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

Euphronsine was 27 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

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hyacinthe MONTPETIT dit POTVIN died 12 July 1863, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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.