flag male ancestor  Michel  COURCHESNE

  (b. 28 December 1829 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 31 March 1897 Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Michel COURCHESNE was born 28 December 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Michel COURCHESNE was the child of Etienne COURCHESNE   and   Marie-Madeleine HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE and Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste HAMEL and Madeleine ROBIDAS

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Michel  married  Marie-Emilie CAYA 29 January 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .  Marie-Emilie CAYA  was born 10 May 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Marie-Emilie was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE.

Michel COURCHESNE died 31 March 1897 in Sorel, Québec, 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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Michel COURCHESNE married flag female ancestor Marie-Emilie CAYA-- Date: 29 January 1855 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Marie-Emilie CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE




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birth1829 Birth
28 December 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
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.
marriage1855 Marriage / Partner
Michel COURCHESNE and Marie-Emilie CAYA 29 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 25 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
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.
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
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1897 Death
31 March 1897
Sorel, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 10/27/2020 10:05:45 AM - Updated: 10/27/2020 10:06:24 AM

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