Scholastique TOUSIGNANT

Born

4 January 1784 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 April 1867 , St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada

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François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE Marie-Josephe GELINAS

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Born: 4 January 1784 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Marie-Josephe GELINAS

Paternal grandparents: Ignace TOUSIGNANT , Angelique LEMAY

Maternal grandparents: Antoine GÉLINAS , Louise LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS

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Scholastique married Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE 28 January 1811 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was born 23 May 1790 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Regis died 28 August 1853 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Regis was the child of François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Pelagie CORBIN.

Scholastique TOUSIGNANT died 8 April 1867 in St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Scholastique TOUSIGNANT married

Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE
Marriage date: 28 January 1811
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was the child of François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Pelagie CORBIN

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Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

Born: 19 November 1811, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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Birth — 1784
4 January 1784
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
Scholastique TOUSIGNANT and Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE 28 January 1811, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 27 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was born 19 November 1811, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Scholastique was 27 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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE married 11 February 1839, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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.