Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD

Born

2 March 1812 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

24 December 1862 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East

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Remi COUILLARD Scholastique CARON

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Born: 2 March 1812 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Remi COUILLARD

Mother: Scholastique CARON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Jacques COUILLARD dit DESECOURS , Romaine CARON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Hyacinthe CARON , Ursule BOUCHER

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Marthe-Theotiste married Eloi LEBLANC . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eloi LEBLANC was born 10 June 1810 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Eloi died 27 August 1895 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Eloi was the child of Louis-Georges LEBLANC and Marie-Marthe BELANGER.

Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD died 24 December 1862 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD married

Eloi LEBLANC
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Eloi LEBLANC was the child of Louis-Georges LEBLANC and Marie-Marthe BELANGER

Children of Eloi LEBLANC and Marthe-Theotiste COUILLARD

Florent-Irenee LEBLANC

Born: 25 May 1854, L'Islet, Canada East
Died: 30 April 1902, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Zelie KIROUAC 11 October 1875 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1812
2 March 1812
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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 - 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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Florent-Irenee LEBLANC was born 25 May 1854, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marthe-Theotiste was 42 years old.

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