Marie-Thecle LAVOIE

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18 March 1805 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

20 August 1856 , Kamouraska, Canada East

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Barthelemy LAVOIE Marie-Thecle VAILLANCOURT

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Born: 18 March 1805 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Barthelemy LAVOIE

Mother: Marie-Thecle VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents: Basile LAVOIE , Elisabeth BECHARD

Maternal grandparents: Ignace VAILLANCOURT , Marie-Elisabeth PARADIS

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Marie-Thecle married Narcisse LEVESQUE 20 November 1826 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Narcisse LEVESQUE was born 15 November 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Narcisse died 23 February 1888 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Narcisse was the child of Germain LEVESQUE and Victoire PARADIS.

Marie-Thecle LAVOIE died 20 August 1856 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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Marie-Thecle LAVOIE married

Narcisse LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 20 November 1826
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Narcisse LEVESQUE was the child of Germain LEVESQUE and Victoire PARADIS

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Marie-Philomene LEVESQUE

Born: 8 May 1838, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY 22 September 1868 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1805
18 March 1805
Kamouraska, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thecle LAVOIE and Narcisse LEVESQUE 20 November 1826, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 21 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene LEVESQUE was born 8 May 1838, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Thecle was 33 years old.

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.