Elisabeth LESSARD

Born

14 May 1808 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1900 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Elisabeth LESSARD

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Born: 14 May 1808 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Elisabeth LESSARD

Father

Georges Ignace LESSARD ZILIAC

Mother

Marie-Catherine COUTURIER

Grandparents of Elisabeth LESSARD

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Maternal grandparents

André COUTURIER dit SANSCHAGRIN Catherine SAVARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elisabeth married Joseph DUCHESNE 6 February 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUCHESNE was born 6 November 1807 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Joseph died 15 January 1884 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph DUCHESNE and Madeleine BERIAULT (BARIAULT).

Elisabeth LESSARD died 23 January 1900 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elisabeth LESSARD

Elisabeth LESSARD married

Joseph DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 6 February 1826
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Joseph DUCHESNE was the child of Joseph DUCHESNE and Madeleine BERIAULT (BARIAULT)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph DUCHESNE and Elisabeth LESSARD

Eleonore DUCHESNE

Born: 5 November 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Timothee PERRON 20 July 1847 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Leon TREMBLAY 24 January 1865 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1808
14 May 1808
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 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth LESSARD and Joseph DUCHESNE 6 February 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 17 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Eleonore DUCHESNE was born 5 November 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Elisabeth was 20 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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Eleonore DUCHESNE married 20 July 1847, La Malbaie, Canada East to Timothee PERRON

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Eleonore DUCHESNE married 24 January 1865, Chicoutimi, Canada East to Leon 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.