Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE

Born

22 April 1793 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Died

14 November 1869 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE Marie-Anne GENDRON

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Born: 22 April 1793 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE

Mother: Marie-Anne GENDRON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE , Angélique GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GENDRON , Marie-Thérèse BOURDON

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Marguerite married Augustin DUHAMEL 10 January 1814 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin DUHAMEL was born 19 February 1794 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Augustin died 18 March 1862 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Augustin was the child of Joseph DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON and Marguerite DUPUIS.

Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE died 14 November 1869 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE married

Augustin DUHAMEL
Marriage date: 10 January 1814
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Augustin DUHAMEL was the child of Joseph DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON and Marguerite DUPUIS

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Marie Louise DUHAMEL

Born: 22 April 1830, Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Died: 5 February 1907, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE 11 January 1853 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1793
22 April 1793
Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LABOSSIÈRE and Augustin DUHAMEL 10 January 1814, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 20 years old.

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Marie Louise DUHAMEL was born 22 April 1830, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marguerite was 37 years old.

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

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marie Louise DUHAMEL married 11 January 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean Baptiste LAROCQUE

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin DUHAMEL died 18 March 1862, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

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.