Charles COULOMBE

Born

16 November 1795 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

30 January 1886 , St-Eugène, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

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Clement COULOMBE Ursule DUVAL

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Born: 16 November 1795 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Clement COULOMBE

Mother: Ursule DUVAL

Paternal grandparents: François COULOMBE , Suzanne VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

Maternal grandparents: Augustin DUVAL , Ursule TONDREAU

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Charles married Genevieve LARRIVÉE 20 February 1827 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LARRIVÉE was born 9 February 1810 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Genevieve died 18 April 1842 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Genevieve was the child of Michel LARRIVÉE and Marie-Thecle RATTÉ (RATE).

Charles COULOMBE died 30 January 1886 in St-Eugène, L'Islet, Quebec, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Charles COULOMBE married

Genevieve LARRIVÉE
Marriage date: 20 February 1827
Marriage place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Genevieve LARRIVÉE was the child of Michel LARRIVÉE and Marie-Thecle RATTÉ (RATE)

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Children of Charles COULOMBE and Genevieve LARRIVÉE

Philomene COULOMBE

Born: 17 August 1838, L'Islet, Lower Canada
Died: 17 July 1903, St-Eugène, Quebec, Canada

Married: Octave TREMBLAY 2 February 1864 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1795
16 November 1795
L'Islet, 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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Charles COULOMBE and Genevieve LARRIVÉE 20 February 1827, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 31 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene COULOMBE was born 17 August 1838, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Charles was 42 years old.

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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve LARRIVÉE died 18 April 1842, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Philomene COULOMBE married 2 February 1864, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Octave 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.