Josephte BOISVERT

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16 September 1803 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Died

15 May 1888 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT Françoise ROUSSEAU

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Born: 16 September 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT

Mother: Françoise ROUSSEAU

Paternal grandparents: François BOISVERT dit DENEVERS , Francoise BEAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie ROUSSEAU , Francoise BLAIS

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Josephte married Augustin BOURASSA 24 April 1824 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin BOURASSA was born 9 January 1801 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Augustin died 26 September 1885 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Augustin was the child of Joseph BOURASSA and Madeleine RICARD.

Josephte BOISVERT died 15 May 1888 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada .
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Augustin BOURASSA
Marriage date: 24 April 1824
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Augustin BOURASSA was the child of Joseph BOURASSA and Madeleine RICARD

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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, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1803
16 September 1803
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 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

She was 20 years old.

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)

Josephte was 23 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, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) 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.