Thomas OTIS

Born

29 December 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 November 1897 , Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada

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Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS Madeleine COULOMBE

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Born: 29 December 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS

Mother: Madeleine COULOMBE

Paternal grandparents: Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS , Thérèse-Cecile GRENON

Maternal grandparents: Thomas-Charles COULOMBE , Rosalie PERRON

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Thomas married Marie HARRISON 6 November 1832 in Matane, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie HARRISON was born 18 August 1814 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie was the child of Samuel HARRISON and Marguerite FOURNIER.

Thomas OTIS died 24 November 1897 in Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, 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.
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Thomas OTIS married

Marie HARRISON
Marriage date: 6 November 1832
Marriage place: Matane, Lower Canada
Marie HARRISON was the child of Samuel HARRISON and Marguerite FOURNIER

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Children of Thomas OTIS and Marie HARRISON

Madeleine OTIS

Born: 8 October 1845, Matane, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Elzear TREMBLAY 19 November 1867 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

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Birth — 1812
29 December 1812
La Malbaie, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Thomas OTIS and Marie HARRISON 6 November 1832, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

He was 19 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)

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Madeleine OTIS was born 8 October 1845, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Thomas was 32 years old.

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.