Augustin BOURASSA

Born

9 January 1801 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Died

26 September 1885 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

Augustin married Josephte BOISVERT 24 April 1824 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte BOISVERT was born 16 September 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . Josephte died 15 May 1888 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada . Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Françoise ROUSSEAU .

Parents & Family of Augustin BOURASSA

Parents of Augustin BOURASSA

Father

Joseph BOURASSA

Mother

Madeleine RICARD

Grandparents of Augustin BOURASSA

Paternal grandparents

Francois BOURASSA Therese BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre RICARD Madeleine TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustin BOURASSA

Augustin BOURASSA married

Josephte BOISVERT
Marriage date: 24 April 1824
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Josephte BOISVERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Françoise ROUSSEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Augustin BOURASSA and Josephte BOISVERT

Louise BOURASSA

Born: 3 May 1827, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: 5 July 1913, Sainte-Flore, Quebec, Canada

Married: Michel RICARD 28 January 1845 Place: Yamachiche, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1801
9 January 1801
Yamachiche, 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 Marriage / Partner
Augustin BOURASSA and Josephte BOISVERT 24 April 1824, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 23 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)

1827 Birth of Child
Louise BOURASSA was born 3 May 1827, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Augustin was 26 years old.

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
Louise BOURASSA married 28 January 1845, Yamachiche, Canada East to Michel RICARD

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.