Toussaint LAPORTE

Born

15 March 1777 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 December 1848 , Joliette, Canada East

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Louis LAPORTE Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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Born: 15 March 1777 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis LAPORTE

Mother: Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES , Antoinette CUSSON

Maternal grandparents: Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE , Marie-Angélique LACASSE

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Toussaint married Marguerite PICHE 21 February 1803 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PICHE was born 2 December 1786 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Francois PICHE and Marie-Josephte TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE.

Toussaint LAPORTE died 22 December 1848 in Joliette, Canada East .
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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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Toussaint LAPORTE married

Marguerite PICHE
Marriage date: 21 February 1803
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Marguerite PICHE was the child of Francois PICHE and Marie-Josephte TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

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Children of Toussaint LAPORTE and Marguerite PICHE

Stanislas LAPORTE

Born: 12 April 1813, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: 5 May 1884, St-Liguori, Joliette, Québec, Canada

Married: Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE 15 February 1847 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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Birth — 1777
15 March 1777
L'Assomption, 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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint LAPORTE and Marguerite PICHE 21 February 1803, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 25 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Stanislas LAPORTE was born 12 April 1813, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Toussaint was 36 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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Stanislas LAPORTE married 15 February 1847, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Sophie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE