François LARUE

Born

14 November 1808 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

21 February 1871 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Thomas LARUE Angélique GOSSELIN

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Born: 14 November 1808 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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François married Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS 11 October 1830 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine was the child of Pierre PATOINE dit DESROSIERS and Cecile TRAHAN.

François LARUE died 21 February 1871 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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François LARUE married

Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 11 October 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS was the child of Pierre PATOINE dit DESROSIERS and Cecile TRAHAN

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Children of François LARUE and Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS

Jean-Baptiste LARUE

Born: 30 November 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Henriette MYETTE 28 July 1856 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1808
14 November 1808
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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
François LARUE and Madeleine PATOINE dite DESROSIERS 11 October 1830, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LARUE was born 30 November 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François was 23 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LARUE married 28 July 1856, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Henriette MYETTE

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.