Louise VASSEUR

Born

8 January 1803 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

22 March 1900 , Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA

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Modeste LEVASSEUR Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

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Born: 8 January 1803 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Modeste LEVASSEUR

Mother: Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE , Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR , Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

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Louise married Jean DOUCET 14 February 1820 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean DOUCET was born 3 May 1796 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jean died 9 December 1854 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Jean was the child of Jean DOUCET and Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT.

Louise VASSEUR died 22 March 1900 in Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA.
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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
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Louise VASSEUR married

Jean DOUCET
Marriage date: 14 February 1820
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Jean DOUCET was the child of Jean DOUCET and Marie-Anne VIGNEAULT

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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 — 1803
8 January 1803
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

She was 17 years old.

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)

Louise was 26 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean DOUCET died 9 December 1854, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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.

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)

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

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

Death — 1900
22 March 1900
Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA
She died at the age of 97.