Abraham GAUTHIER

Born

22 March 1814 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

9 December 1894 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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François GAUTHIER Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Born: 22 March 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: François GAUTHIER

Mother: Geneviève TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Louis GONTHIER , Geneviève BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY , Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Abraham married Leocadie LECLERC 8 November 1836 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leocadie LECLERC was born 13 July 1817 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie died 19 May 1909 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Leocadie was the child of Alexandre LECLERC and Madeleine GONTHIER.

Abraham GAUTHIER died 9 December 1894 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Abraham GAUTHIER married

Leocadie LECLERC
Marriage date: 8 November 1836
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Leocadie LECLERC was the child of Alexandre LECLERC and Madeleine GONTHIER

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Children of Abraham GAUTHIER and Leocadie LECLERC

Augustin GAUTHIER

Born: 15 March 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Arthemise PERRON 13 February 1855 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1814
22 March 1814
La Malbaie, 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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Abraham GAUTHIER and Leocadie LECLERC 8 November 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 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

1838 Birth of Child
Augustin GAUTHIER was born 15 March 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Abraham was 23 years old.

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 - 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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Augustin GAUTHIER married 13 February 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Arthemise PERRON

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.