Venant GAUTHIER

(b. 17 May 1814 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 11 September 1884 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Venant GAUTHIER was born 17 May 1814 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Venant GAUTHIER was the child of Luc GAUTHIER and Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Procule BOUCHARD (maternal) Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY and Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Venant married Emerentienne DUCHESNE 10 February 1835 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emerentienne DUCHESNE was born 1 June 1814 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emerentienne died 21 April 1877 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). Emerentienne was the child of Antoine DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Emerentienne TREMBLAY.

Venant GAUTHIER died 11 September 1884 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Venant GAUTHIER married

Emerentienne DUCHESNE-- Date: 10 February 1835 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Emerentienne DUCHESNE was the child of Antoine DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Emerentienne TREMBLAY

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Children of Venant GAUTHIER and Emerentienne DUCHESNE:

Eulalie GAUTHIER (b.6 December 1839, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Hubert TREMBLAY 4 September 1883 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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1814 Birth
17 May 1814
Les Éboulements, 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)

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Venant GAUTHIER and Emerentienne DUCHESNE 10 February 1835, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 20 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Eulalie GAUTHIER was born 6 December 1839, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Venant was 25 years old.

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.

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.