Emilie
GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)
Born
3 June 1819
,
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died
25 March 1903
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Parents & Family of Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)
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Born: 3 June 1819 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Father:
Antoine GONTHIER
Mother:
Catherine TREMBLAY
Paternal grandparents:
Jean-Marc GONTHIER
, Genevieve COULOMBE
Maternal grandparents:
Jacques TREMBLAY
, Angelique PEPIN dite LACHANCE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Emilie married Thomas POTVIN 8 February 1836 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas POTVIN was born 29 November 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thomas died 4 July 1863 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thomas was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD.
Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) died 25 March 1903 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)
Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) married 
Thomas POTVIN
Marriage date: 8 February 1836
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
See marriage record for Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Thomas POTVIN
Thomas POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Thomas POTVINMarriage date: 8 February 1836
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
See marriage record for Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Thomas POTVINThomas POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Thomas POTVIN and Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)
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Birth — 18193 June 1819
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1836 Marriage / PartnerEmilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Thomas POTVIN 8 February 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
She was 16 years old.
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1840 Birth of ChildMarie-Celina POTVIN was born 29 May 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
Emilie was 21 years old.
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1859 Marriage of ChildMarie-Celina POTVIN married 19 July 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François-Xavier TREMBLAY
1863 Death of Spouse/PartnerThomas POTVIN died 4 July 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1884 Death of ChildMarie-Celina POTVIN died 3 June 1884, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
Emilie was 65 years old.
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of EnglandDeath — 190325 March 1903
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 83.
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