Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON

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24 November 1786 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 July 1873 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Pierre LAURENT dit LAUZON Marie DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

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Born: 24 November 1786 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre LAURENT dit LAUZON

Mother: Marie DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAURENT dit LAUZON , Madeleine MARTIN dite ONDOYER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DANIS , Marguerite ALLARD

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Pierre-Jean-Baptiste married Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN 30 September 1811 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN was born 4 May 1794 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louise-Monique died 25 September 1873 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Louise-Monique was the child of Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Catherine HAZEUR.

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON died 22 July 1873 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .

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Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN
Marriage date: 30 September 1811
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN was the child of Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

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Marie LAUZON

Born: 20 July 1816, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1888, Saint-David, Québec, Canada

Married: Michel JOYAL 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1786
24 November 1786
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON and Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN 30 September 1811, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marie LAUZON was born 20 July 1816, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste was 29 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 - 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Marie LAUZON married 3 February 1845, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to Michel JOYAL

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

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.