Leon-Macaire COULOMBE

(b. 11 April 1801 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 1 February 1869 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Leon-Macaire COULOMBE was born 11 April 1801 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Leon-Macaire COULOMBE was the child of Francois COULOMBE and Suzanne LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine COULOMBE and Genevieve MAGNAN (maternal) François LAVOIE and Marie-Agathe GAGNON

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Leon-Macaire married Suzanne BOIVIN 29 May 1826 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Suzanne BOIVIN was born 4 April 1810 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Suzanne died 18 April 1901 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Suzanne was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Theotiste GIRARD.

Leon-Macaire COULOMBE died 1 February 1869 in Les Éboulements, 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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Leon-Macaire COULOMBE married

Suzanne BOIVIN-- Date: 29 May 1826 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Suzanne BOIVIN was the child of Louis BOIVIN and Theotiste GIRARD

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Children of Leon-Macaire COULOMBE and Suzanne BOIVIN:

Eleonard COULOMBE (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Ephrem HOUDE 17 February 1857 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Luce COULOMBE (b.abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume TREMBLAY 16 January 1866 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Laure COULOMBE (b.17 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 26 April 1934, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Canada)
m. Robert-Norbert TREMBLAY 25 November 1894 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1801 Birth
11 April 1801
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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Leon-Macaire COULOMBE and Suzanne BOIVIN 29 May 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

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 - 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.

1852 Birth of Child
Laure COULOMBE was born 17 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leon-Macaire was 51 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Eleonard COULOMBE married 17 February 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Ephrem HOUDE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Luce COULOMBE married 16 January 1866, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Guillaume TREMBLAY

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.