Joseph RANCOURT

Born

17 March 1789 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 May 1871 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

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François RANCOURT Genevieve LESSARD

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Born: 17 March 1789 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François RANCOURT

Mother: Genevieve LESSARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Francois RANCOURT , Louise POULIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LESSARD , Anne GAGNON

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Joseph married Marie GARIEPY 23 February 1813 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GARIEPY was born 7 April 1776 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marie died 26 November 1826 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marie was the child of Louis GARIEPY and Cecile BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET).

Joseph RANCOURT died 14 May 1871 in Château-Richer, 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.
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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Joseph RANCOURT married

Marie GARIEPY
Marriage date: 23 February 1813
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Marie GARIEPY was the child of Louis GARIEPY and Cecile BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET)

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Joseph RANCOURT

Born: 16 December 1813, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Died: 3 October 1901, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

Married: Marcelline CAUCHON 20 October 1846 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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Birth — 1789
17 March 1789
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RANCOURT and Marie GARIEPY 23 February 1813, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 23 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Joseph RANCOURT was born 16 December 1813, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 24 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie GARIEPY died 26 November 1826, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Joseph RANCOURT married 20 October 1846, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Marcelline CAUCHON

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.