Marguerite POTVIN

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25 February 1800 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

26 November 1880 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN Agnes BOUCHARD

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Born: 25 February 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN

Mother: Agnes BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Marie-Luce SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOUCHARD , Silvie GRENON

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Marguerite married Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 27 November 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 16 June 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eugene-Eucher died 8 February 1877 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eugene-Eucher was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY.

Marguerite POTVIN died 26 November 1880 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, 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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Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 27 November 1821
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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Children of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN

Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 23 September 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 2 December 1911, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Octave BOUCHARD 18 October 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Born: 28 November 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Damase BOUCHARD 24 July 1844 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born: 22 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 12 June 1908, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

Married: Olympe LEMIEUX 30 January 1849 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1800
25 February 1800
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite POTVIN and Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 27 November 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 September 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 28 November 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 May 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 26 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Adelaide GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 18 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Octave BOUCHARD

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Zozime GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 24 July 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Damase BOUCHARD

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 30 January 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Olympe LEMIEUX

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 8 February 1877, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Death — 1880
26 November 1880
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 80.

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