Louis RACETTE

Born

24 May 1799 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Died

31 August 1884 , St-Alexis, Quebec, Canada

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Louis RACETTE Scholastique DOUCET

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Born: 24 May 1799 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Father: Louis RACETTE

Mother: Scholastique DOUCET

Paternal grandparents: Charles RACETTE , Marie-Anne TINON dite DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DOUCET , Marie Josephte ARSENAULT (ARSENEAU)

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Louis married Louise THERIAULT 29 July 1823 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise THERIAULT was born 4 January 1806 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Louise died 16 November 1885 in St-Alexis, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Charles THERIAULT and Ursule MARION.

Louis RACETTE died 31 August 1884 in St-Alexis, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Louis RACETTE married

Louise THERIAULT
Marriage date: 29 July 1823
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Louise THERIAULT was the child of Charles THERIAULT and Ursule MARION

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Children of Louis RACETTE and Louise THERIAULT

Azilda RACETTE

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

Married: Antoine ROY dit PORTELANCE 17 February 1863

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Birth — 1799
24 May 1799
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Louis RACETTE and Louise THERIAULT 29 July 1823, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 24 years old.

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

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.