Laurent THIBAULT

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4 April 1813 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

6 December 1895 , Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

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Francois THIBAULT Marie-Thérèse FOURNIER

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Born: 4 April 1813 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Francois THIBAULT

Mother: Marie-Thérèse FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François THIBAULT , Marie-Anne PELLETIER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin FOURNIER , Marie-Louise TOUSSAINT

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Laurent married Therese ROSS 8 November 1831 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese ROSS was born 7 December 1813 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Therese died 16 April 1893 in Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada. Therese was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Therese GAGNE.

Laurent THIBAULT died 6 December 1895 in Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada.
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Laurent THIBAULT married

Therese ROSS
Marriage date: 8 November 1831
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Therese ROSS was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Therese GAGNE

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Laurent THIBAULT

Born: 3 July 1842, Sainte-Luce, Canada East
Died: 30 April 1925, Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Married: Eugenie PELLETIER 24 February 1862 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1813
4 April 1813
Rimouski, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Laurent THIBAULT and Therese ROSS 8 November 1831, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 18 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Laurent THIBAULT was born 3 July 1842, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

Laurent was 29 years old.

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.

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 Marriage of Child
Laurent THIBAULT married 24 February 1862, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Eugenie PELLETIER

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.