Joseph RANCOURT

Born

16 December 1813 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Died

3 October 1901 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

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Joseph RANCOURT Marie GARIEPY

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Born: 16 December 1813 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph RANCOURT

Mother: Marie GARIEPY

Paternal grandparents: François RANCOURT , Genevieve LESSARD

Maternal grandparents: Louis GARIEPY , Cecile BOUTILLET (BOUTHILLET)

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Joseph married Marcelline CAUCHON 20 October 1846 in Château-Richer, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marcelline CAUCHON was born 15 June 1825 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marcelline died 28 March 1871 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marcelline was the child of Zacharie CAUCHON and Barbe-Isabelle-Elisabeth TRUDEL.

Joseph RANCOURT died 3 October 1901 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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Marcelline CAUCHON
Marriage date: 20 October 1846
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Canada East
Marcelline CAUCHON was the child of Zacharie CAUCHON and Barbe-Isabelle-Elisabeth TRUDEL

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Children of Joseph RANCOURT and Marcelline CAUCHON

Marie-Melanie RANCOURT

Born: 5 July 1854, Château-Richer, Canada East
Died: 5 February 1917, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

Married: Wilbrod TREMBLAY 24 August 1874 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Cesarine RANCOURT

Born: 11 January 1856, Château-Richer, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 27 April 1885 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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Birth — 1813
16 December 1813
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, 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

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 / Partner
Joseph RANCOURT and Marcelline CAUCHON 20 October 1846, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Melanie RANCOURT was born 5 July 1854, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Cesarine RANCOURT was born 11 January 1856, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marcelline CAUCHON died 28 March 1871, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Marie-Melanie RANCOURT married 24 August 1874, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Wilbrod TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Marriage of Child
Cesarine RANCOURT married 27 April 1885, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Alexis TREMBLAY

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1901
3 October 1901
Château-Richer, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 87.

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