Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD

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18 April 1807 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

14 February 1890 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Charlemagne CHOUINARD Perpetue MIGNEAULT

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Born: 18 April 1807 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Charlemagne CHOUINARD

Mother: Perpetue MIGNEAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François CHOUINARD , Marie-Marguerite MORIN dite VALCOURT

Maternal grandparents: Andre MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) , Marie-Rose-Rosalie MICHAUD

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Louis-Theophile married Priscille GIRARD 15 April 1834 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Priscille GIRARD was born 22 June 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Priscille died 31 December 1896 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Priscille was the child of Jerome GIRARD and Sophie SIMARD.

Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD died 14 February 1890 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Spouse & Children of Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD

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Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD married

Priscille GIRARD
Marriage date: 15 April 1834
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Priscille GIRARD was the child of Jerome GIRARD and Sophie SIMARD

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Children of Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD and Priscille GIRARD

Marie-Lumina CHOUINARD

Born: 23 February 1839, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 8 September 1857

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Birth — 1807
18 April 1807
Kamouraska, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Theophile CHOUINARD and Priscille GIRARD 15 April 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 27 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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Marie-Lumina CHOUINARD was born 23 February 1839, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Louis-Theophile was 31 years old.

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.