Michel
COURCHESNE
Born
28 December 1829
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
31 March 1897
,
Sorel, Québec, Canada
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Born: 28 December 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Father:
Etienne COURCHESNE
Mother:
Marie-Madeleine HAMEL
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE
, Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE
Maternal grandparents:
Jean-Baptiste HAMEL
, Madeleine ROBIDAS
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
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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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Michel COURCHESNE
Michel COURCHESNE married 
Marie-Emilie CAYA
Marriage date: 29 January 1855
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Marie-Emilie CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Emilie CAYAMarriage date: 29 January 1855
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Marie-Emilie CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Birth — 182928 December 1829
Sorel, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Marriage / PartnerMichel 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.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 189731 March 1897
Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 67.
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