Elisabeth CHAPUT

Born

13 December 1800 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Died

16 January 1893 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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Bonaventure CHAPUT Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE

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Born: 13 December 1800 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Father: Bonaventure CHAPUT

Mother: Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE

Paternal grandparents: Bonaventure CHAPUT , Marie-Louise FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

Maternal grandparents: René Ernst LIPPÉ , Marie-Françoise FUSEAU dite ROCH

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Elisabeth married Laurent CONTANT 29 October 1827 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Laurent CONTANT was born 12 August 1798 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . Laurent died 6 December 1864 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East. Laurent was the child of Etienne CONTANT and Marie-Archange BOUSQUET.

Elisabeth CHAPUT died 16 January 1893 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada.
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Elisabeth CHAPUT married

Laurent CONTANT
Marriage date: 29 October 1827
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Laurent CONTANT was the child of Etienne CONTANT and Marie-Archange BOUSQUET

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Children of Laurent CONTANT and Elisabeth CHAPUT

Laurent CONTANT

Born: 4 August 1828, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Eloise GODARD dite LAPOINTE 10 October 1854 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East

Julie CONTANT

Born: 4 August 1833, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph CHALIFOUX 11 February 1861 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East

Thomas CONTANT

Born: 17 February 1835, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 8 September 1912, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilie BRIEN dite DESROCHERS 29 September 1863 Place: Saint-Jacques, 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 — 1800
13 December 1800
Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth CHAPUT and Laurent CONTANT 29 October 1827, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Laurent CONTANT was born 4 August 1828, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Elisabeth was 27 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Julie CONTANT was born 4 August 1833, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Elisabeth was 32 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Thomas CONTANT was born 17 February 1835, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Elisabeth was 34 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Laurent CONTANT married 10 October 1854, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East to Eloise GODARD dite LAPOINTE

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Julie CONTANT married 11 February 1861, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East to Joseph CHALIFOUX

1863 Marriage of Child
Thomas CONTANT married 29 September 1863, Saint-Jacques, Canada East to Emilie BRIEN dite DESROCHERS

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent CONTANT died 6 December 1864, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, 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.