flag male ancestor  Michel  TOUSSAINT

  (b. 29 September 1833 Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada   d. 22 May 1896 St. Remi de Tingwick, Arthrabaska , Quebec, Canada )  

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Michel TOUSSAINT was born 29 September 1833 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Michel TOUSSAINT was the child of Ignace TOUSSAINT   and   Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste TOUSSAINT and Angélique COUTURE (maternal)  Joseph LALIBERTÉ dit LAINÉ and Marie-Reine GUILLEMETTE

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Michel  married  Philomene HENRI 17 January 1860 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Philomene HENRI  was born 10 May 1837 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Philomene died 8 April 1916 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA .  Philomene was the child of Michel HENRY (HENRI) and Basilisse LEMIEUX.

Michel TOUSSAINT died 22 May 1896 in St. Remi de Tingwick, Arthrabaska , Quebec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Michel TOUSSAINT

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Michel TOUSSAINT married immigrant - Canada to US  female ancestor Philomene HENRI-- Date: 17 January 1860 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East
Philomene HENRI was the child of Michel HENRY (HENRI) and Basilisse LEMIEUX




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Children of Michel TOUSSAINT and Philomene HENRI:

immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor Hermanegilde TOUSSAINT (b.14 July 1864, St. Isadore de Bellechase, Canada East  d. 11 February 1945, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Angelina BEAUSOLEIL 16 April 1888 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

flag male ancestor Etienne TOUSSAINT (b.abt. 1873, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )



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birth1833 Birth
29 September 1833
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1860 Marriage / Partner
Michel TOUSSAINT and Philomene HENRI 17 January 1860, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 26 years old.
1864 Birth of Child
Hermanegilde TOUSSAINT was born 14 July 1864, St. Isadore de Bellechase, Québec, Canada

Michel was 30 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
marriage1888 Marriage of Child
Hermanegilde TOUSSAINT married 16 April 1888, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) to Angelina BEAUSOLEIL
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1896 Death
22 May 1896
St. Remi de Tingwick, Arthrabaska , Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 62.
Added: 6/14/2020 4:14:49 PM - Updated: 6/14/2020 8:38:28 PM

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