Jean-Baptiste
LABONTE
Born
3 May 1829
,
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died
20 May 1904
,
Laurierville, Québec, Canada
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Born: 3 May 1829 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Father:
Jean-Baptiste LABONTE
Mother:
Marie-Josephte GIGUERE
Paternal grandparents:
Basile LABONTE
, Suzanne CARRIER
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie COUTURE 12 April 1855 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Lévis, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie COUTURE was born 22 July 1834 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Marie died 13 November 1895 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of François-Xavier COUTURE and Marie CARRIER.
Jean-Baptiste LABONTE died 20 May 1904 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste LABONTE
Jean-Baptiste LABONTE married 
Marie COUTURE
Marriage date: 12 April 1855
Marriage place: Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Marie COUTURE was the child of François-Xavier COUTURE and Marie CARRIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie COUTUREMarriage date: 12 April 1855
Marriage place: Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Lévis, Québec, Canada
Marie COUTURE was the child of François-Xavier COUTURE and Marie CARRIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste LABONTE and Marie COUTURE
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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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 — 18293 May 1829
Lauzon, Lévis, 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 / PartnerJean-Baptiste LABONTE and Marie COUTURE 12 April 1855, Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Lévis, Québec, Canada
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.
1869 Birth of ChildFrançois Xavier LABONTE was born 29 September 1869, Saint-Isidore, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.
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 Canada
1895 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie COUTURE died 13 November 1895, Laurierville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset)
1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of EnglandDeath — 190420 May 1904
Laurierville, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 75.
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