Louisa MARQUIS

Born

26 December 1839 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

14 January 1910 , Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Louisa married Joseph FONTAINE 27 November 1858 in St Albans, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph FONTAINE was born 15 December 1833 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada . Joseph died 13 January 1902 in Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Etienne FONTAINE and Apolline LACHAPELLE .

Parents & Family of Louisa MARQUIS

Parents of Louisa MARQUIS

Father

Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS

Mother

Françoise MEUNIER

Grandparents of Louisa MARQUIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MARTY Archange LEBLANC

Maternal grandparents

Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE Charlotte GOYETTE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louisa MARQUIS

Louisa MARQUIS married

Joseph FONTAINE
Marriage date: 27 November 1858
Marriage place: St Albans, Vermont, USA
Joseph FONTAINE was the child of Etienne FONTAINE and Apolline LACHAPELLE

Children of Joseph FONTAINE and Louisa MARQUIS

Joseph-Etienne FONTAINE

Born: 12 July 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 February 1950, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelphine LANGLOIS

Philibert FONTAINE

Born: 8 September 1863, Saint-Liboire, Canada East
Died: 9 June 1919, Gentilly, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elzire HEBERT 16 October 1888

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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 — 1839
26 December 1839
Québec Province, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Louisa MARQUIS and Joseph FONTAINE 27 November 1858, St Albans, Vermont, USA

She was 18 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Joseph-Etienne FONTAINE was born 12 July 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louisa was 20 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Philibert FONTAINE was born 8 September 1863, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Louisa was 23 years old.

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.

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 Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph FONTAINE died 13 January 1902, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

Death — 1910
14 January 1910
Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 70.

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