Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)

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27 November 1818 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

30 April 1874 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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Damase GONTHIER Ursule PERRON

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Born: 27 November 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Damase GONTHIER

Mother: Ursule PERRON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Marc GONTHIER , Genevieve COULOMBE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Pierre PERRON , Elisabeth GIRARD

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Basilisse married Laurent TREMBLAY 2 March 1840 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Laurent TREMBLAY was born 15 February 1815 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Laurent died 23 August 1904 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Laurent was the child of Laurent TREMBLAY and Geneviève LECLERC.

Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) died 30 April 1874 in Matane, 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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Spouse & Children of Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)

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Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) married

Laurent TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 2 March 1840
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Laurent TREMBLAY was the child of Laurent TREMBLAY and Geneviève LECLERC

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Children of Laurent TREMBLAY and Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)

Delina TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Delphine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 June 1844, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 5 September 1882, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Ivanhoe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Virginie MARQUIS 5 June 1871

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Birth — 1818
27 November 1818
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Basilisse GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Laurent TREMBLAY 2 March 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 28 June 1844, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Basilisse was 25 years old.

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.