Marguerite LACOMBE

Born

14 July 1794 , Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

Died

17 December 1881 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Marguerite LACOMBE

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Born: 14 July 1794 in Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

Parents of Marguerite LACOMBE

Father

Augustin LACOMBE dit BABLAN

Mother

Elisabeth TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

Grandparents of Marguerite LACOMBE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre BALAN dit LACOMBE Marguerite CHRETIEN

Maternal grandparents

Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE Elisabeth GILBERT dite LAFRAMBOISE

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

Marguerite married Charles LAPORTE 30 January 1815 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LAPORTE was born 5 December 1793 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Charles died 12 June 1880 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada . Charles was the child of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie GIGUERE.

Marguerite LACOMBE died 17 December 1881 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite LACOMBE

Marguerite LACOMBE married

Charles LAPORTE
Marriage date: 30 January 1815
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Charles LAPORTE was the child of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie GIGUERE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Charles LAPORTE and Marguerite LACOMBE

Charles LAPORTE

Born: 18 December 1818, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Died: 5 January 1897, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Monique PRUD'HOMME 4 October 1864 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
14 July 1794
Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LACOMBE and Charles LAPORTE 30 January 1815, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 20 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Charles LAPORTE was born 18 December 1818, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

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)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Charles LAPORTE married 4 October 1864, Lavaltrie, Canada East to Marie-Monique PRUD'HOMME

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.