Jean DOUCET

Born

3 May 1796 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Died

9 December 1854 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Jean DOUCET Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT

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Born: 3 May 1796 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Father: Jean DOUCET

Mother: Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste DOUCET , Marie "Luce" RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Abraham VIGNEAULT , Marie BOURG

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Jean married Louise VASSEUR 14 February 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise VASSEUR was born 8 January 1803 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Louise died 22 March 1900 in Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA. Louise was the child of Modeste LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES.

Jean DOUCET died 9 December 1854 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Louise VASSEUR
Marriage date: 14 February 1820
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Louise VASSEUR was the child of Modeste LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

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Children of Jean DOUCET and Louise VASSEUR

Flore-Lumina DOUCET

Born: 17 February 1829, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1903,

Married: Joseph COMEAU 5 October 1847 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1796
3 May 1796
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean DOUCET and Louise VASSEUR 14 February 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Flore-Lumina DOUCET was born 17 February 1829, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean was 32 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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Flore-Lumina DOUCET married 5 October 1847, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph COMEAU

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.