Joseph LUC

(b. abt. 1831, , Canada d. , )

Summary: Joseph LUC was born abt. 1831 in , Canada. Joseph LUC was the child of

He married Rose BOUCHER 7 January 1857 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Rose BOUCHER was born 30 June 1832 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada . She died 24 June 1879 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS.
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Son of Joseph Luke (1797 – 1860) and Anna LaRiviere (1798 – 1860)

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Rose BOUCHER-- Date: 7 January 1857 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

Rose BOUCHER was the daughter of Jean Baptiste David BOUCHER and Rose DEMERS

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Rosalie LUC (b.17 February 1859, Swanton, Vermont, USA d. 30 November 1889, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)

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1836 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec
On July 21, 1836, cheers filled the air as a wood-burning steam locomotive chugged out of La...Read MORE...

1837 - After an unsuccessful rebellion, the leaders escape to the U.S.
Along with a general feeling that the government was not democratic, the failure of the executive...Read MORE...

1838 - Levels of illiteracy among the French-speaking people were about 73% in 1838 but reached 88% in the countryside.
This reflected not only inconsistencies in the provision of schooling in Lower Canada and a lack of ...Read MORE...

1839 - January 2 – First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre.

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1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada.

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1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. (Wikipedia)
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1842 - EARTHQUAKE
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1845 - September 9 – Potato blight breaks out in Ireland: beginning of the Great Famine.
"The Famine began quite mysteriously in September 1845 as leaves on potato plants suddenly turned black and curled, then rotted, seemingly the result of a fog that had wafted across the fields of...Read MORE...

1847 - Canada overwhelmed with over 100,000 immigrants escaping Irish Potato Famine, many suffered from typhus, 1700 deaths occurred

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1849 - The boundary of the 49th Parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean. An Act of Amnesty provides for W.L. Mackenzie's return from exile in the U.S.

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Despite diversification of the rural economy, more than 80% of French Canadians were employed in farming in 1850.

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1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East

1856 - Grand Trunk
The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Toronto-Montréal line.

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1857 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LUC and Rose BOUCHER 7 January 1857, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada

1858 - The Halifax-Truro line begins rail service. Chinese immigrants from California arrive in British Columbia, attracted by the Fraser River Gold Rush.

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1859 Birth of Child
Rosalie LUC was born 17 February 1859, Swanton, Vermont, USA

1864 - Quebec Conference of 1864 held to discuss Canadian Confederation which will lead to the creation of the Dominion of Canada.

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1865 - No Draft
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1866 - The Fenians, a group of radical Irish-Americans organized in New York in 1859 to oppose British presence in Ireland, begin a series of raids on Canadian territory
in the hopes of diverting British troops from the homeland. The most serious of these was the...Read MORE...

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. Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister

1868 - Jefferson Davis and wife have gone to Canada, there to await the next call for his trial.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - April 18, 1868

1868 - The forest fires in Canada are driving out bears from their retreats.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - September 5, 1868

Canada blunders catastrophically in seeking to take over the west without the consent of its inhabitants, especially the Métis of Red River and their leader, the charismatic, troubled Louis Riel.
The resistance of 1869-70 lays the groundwork for Manitoba to join Canada, but it also sets the...Read MORE...

1869 - A Christmas goose, sent to two prisoners in a Canada jail, was stuffed with files and steel saws. The appreciated the stuffing.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - January 30, 1869

The 1870s and 1880s are a time of trial for the young Dominion of Canada.
The country's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, faces economic depression in the...Read MORE...

1870 - The Manitoba Act created Canada's 5th province (Manitoba)

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1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown

1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870

1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire

1871 - B.C. became 6th Canadian province (July 20)

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1873 - July 1 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.

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1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rose BOUCHER died 24 June 1879, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1880 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Joseph Luc
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Event Date: 1880
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