Elmina COULOMBE

Born

18 March 1826 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

18 March 1892 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Elmina married Vital BOUDREAU 8 August 1843 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vital BOUDREAU was born July 1815 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Vital died 9 February 1903 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Vital was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD .

Parents & Family of Elmina COULOMBE

Parents of Elmina COULOMBE

Father

Israel COULOMBE

Mother

Marie-Olyphe AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Grandparents of Elmina COULOMBE

Paternal grandparents

Francois COULOMBE Suzanne LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents

Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elmina COULOMBE

Elmina COULOMBE married

Vital BOUDREAU
Marriage date: 8 August 1843
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

See marriage record for Elmina COULOMBE and Vital BOUDREAU
Vital BOUDREAU was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUDREAU and Veronique BOUCHARD

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

Children of Vital BOUDREAU and Elmina COULOMBE

Marie BOUDREAU

Born: 12 December 1846, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 3 December 1874, L'Anse Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Louis-Allen DALLAIRE 3 March 1862

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1826
18 March 1826
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

1843 Marriage / Partner
Elmina COULOMBE and Vital BOUDREAU 8 August 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie BOUDREAU was born 12 December 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Elmina was 20 years old.

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.