Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER

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abt. 1787 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

27 July 1862 , Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Felicite GIRARD

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Born: abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Mother: Felicite GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE , Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GIRARD , Marie-Anne VÉZINA

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Jean-Baptiste married Julienne FORTIN 19 November 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julienne FORTIN was born 4 September 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Julienne was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Victoire BOIVIN.

Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER died 27 July 1862 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .
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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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Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER married

Julienne FORTIN
Marriage date: 19 November 1816
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Julienne FORTIN was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Victoire BOIVIN

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Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE

Born: 24 July 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 March 1923, Delisle, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Domithilde GAGNON 2 May 1848 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Julienne FORTIN 19 November 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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 Birth of Child
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 24 July 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE married 2 May 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Domithilde GAGNON

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)