Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT)

Born

25 August 1782 , L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 September 1881 , St-Gédéon, Canada

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Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT)Josephte GAUMOND

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Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) was born 25 August 1782 in L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) was the child of Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Josephte GAUMOND

and the grandchild of: (paternal) François TURCAUD (TURCOT) and Catherine DOIRON (maternal) Amand GAUMOND and Geneviève DUFRESNE

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Louis married Marie-Madeleine BRISSON 27 January 1807 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Madeleine BRISSON was born 10 May 1780 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie-Madeleine died 31 March 1852 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS.

Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) died 28 September 1881 in St-Gédéon, 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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Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) married

Marie-Madeleine BRISSON-- Date: 27 January 1807 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Marie-Madeleine BRISSON was the child of Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS

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Children of Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON

Marie TURCOTTE (b.22 May 1808, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 4 October 1885, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Barthelemy HARVEY 8 January 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Celeste TURCOT (b.14 December 1811, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1899, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )
m. Elisee CLAVEAU 21 January 1834 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Christine TURCOTTE (TURCOT) (b.22 September 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 28 March 1899, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Hippolyte BOUDREAU 14 May 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Desire TURCOTTE (b.abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 December 1887, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie TREMBLAY 19 November 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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1782 Birth
25 August 1782
L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1807 Marriage / Partner
Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON 27 January 1807, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 24 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Marie TURCOTTE was born 22 May 1808, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 25 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Celeste TURCOT was born 14 December 1811, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 29 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Christine TURCOTTE (TURCOT) was born 22 September 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis was 31 years old.

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Marie TURCOTTE married 8 January 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Barthelemy HARVEY

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Celeste TURCOT married 21 January 1834, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Elisee CLAVEAU

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 Marriage of Child
Christine TURCOTTE (TURCOT) married 14 May 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Hippolyte BOUDREAU

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Desire TURCOTTE married 19 November 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Marie TREMBLAY

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine BRISSON died 31 March 1852, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.