Louise
POTVIN
Born
6 April 1825
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
1 September 1904
,
Sweetsburg, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
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Born: 6 April 1825 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Father:
Jean-Baptiste POTVIN
Mother:
Marie-Louise BUCK
Paternal grandparents:
François VENDETTE dit POTVIN
, Louise-Elisabeth COUBRONNE
Maternal grandparents:
Daniel Anson BUCK
, Louise FORTIER
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louise married Thomas AREL dit JULIEN 20 August 1844 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas AREL dit JULIEN was born 6 March 1823 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Thomas died 28 November 1906 in Cowansville, Québec, Canada (Nelsonville). Thomas was the child of Jean-Baptiste JULIEN dit LARELLE and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE.
Louise POTVIN died 1 September 1904 in Sweetsburg, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Louise POTVIN
Louise POTVIN married 
Thomas AREL dit JULIEN
Marriage date: 20 August 1844
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Thomas AREL dit JULIEN was the child of Jean-Baptiste JULIEN dit LARELLE and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Thomas AREL dit JULIENMarriage date: 20 August 1844
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Thomas AREL dit JULIEN was the child of Jean-Baptiste JULIEN dit LARELLE and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Thomas AREL dit JULIEN and Louise POTVIN
Marguerite "Maggie" JULIENMarried: Moise "Moses" MENARD 24 February 1874 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)
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Birth — 18256 April 1825
Sorel, 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)
1844 Marriage / PartnerLouise POTVIN and Thomas AREL dit JULIEN 20 August 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
She was 19 years old.
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 Birth of ChildMarguerite "Maggie" JULIEN was born 20 May 1855, Cowansville, Québec, Canada (Nelsonville)
Louise was 30 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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Marriage of ChildMarguerite "Maggie" JULIEN married 24 February 1874, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Moise "Moses" MENARD
1878 - 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 Canada1896 - 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 England
Death — 19041 September 1904
Sweetsburg, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 79.
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