François-Xavier COUTURE

Born

5 January 1790 , Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 February 1868 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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François COUTURE Marie-Louise-Régis HALAY

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Born: 5 January 1790 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François COUTURE

Mother: Marie-Louise-Régis HALAY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie COUTURE , Louise CARRIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis HALAY (HALLÉ) , Françoise-Regis CARRIER

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François-Xavier married Marie CARRIER 18 January 1825 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie CARRIER was born 13 January 1801 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . Marie died 14 February 1868 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of Ignace CARRIER and Marie-Apolline DUMONT.

François-Xavier COUTURE died 8 February 1868 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada .
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François-Xavier COUTURE married

Marie CARRIER
Marriage date: 18 January 1825
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marie CARRIER was the child of Ignace CARRIER and Marie-Apolline DUMONT

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Children of François-Xavier COUTURE and Marie CARRIER

Marie COUTURE

Born: 22 July 1834, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: 13 November 1895, Laurierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LABONTE 12 April 1855

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Birth — 1790
5 January 1790
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier COUTURE and Marie CARRIER 18 January 1825, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 35 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Marie COUTURE was born 22 July 1834, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

François-Xavier was 44 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.

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)

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.