Ignace TOUSSAINT

(b. 28 May 1800 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 22 November 1872 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada )

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Ignace TOUSSAINT was born 28 May 1800 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Ignace TOUSSAINT was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUSSAINT and Angélique COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TOUSSAINT and Marie-Anne MARIER (LEMARIÉ) (maternal) Charles COUTURE and Josephte GOSSELIN

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

Ignace married Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ 5 February 1822 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ was born 12 September 1800 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Reine died 5 September 1879 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Reine was the child of Joseph LALIBERTÉ dit LAINÉ and Marie-Reine GUILLEMETTE.

Ignace TOUSSAINT died 22 November 1872 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Ignace TOUSSAINT married

Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ-- Date: 5 February 1822 Place: Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada
Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ was the child of Joseph LALIBERTÉ dit LAINÉ and Marie-Reine GUILLEMETTE

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Children of Ignace TOUSSAINT and Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ:

Michel TOUSSAINT (b.29 September 1833, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 22 May 1896, St. Remi de Tingwick, Arthrabaska , Quebec, Canada )
m. Philomene HENRI 17 January 1860 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1800 Birth
28 May 1800
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Ignace TOUSSAINT and Reine LAINÉ dite LALIBERTÉ 5 February 1822, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Michel TOUSSAINT was born 29 September 1833, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Ignace was 33 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.

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 Marriage of Child
Michel TOUSSAINT married 17 January 1860, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Philomene HENRI

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.