Francois GONTHIER

Born

3 December 1803 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

30 January 1871 , Rivière-Ste-Marguerite, Canada

Francois married Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE 25 November 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada. Adelaide died 20 July 1872 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Procule TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Francois GONTHIER

Parents of Francois GONTHIER

Father

Louis GONTHIER

Mother

Josephte JEAN

Grandparents of Francois GONTHIER

Paternal grandparents

Louis GONTHIER Geneviève BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Francois-Xavier JEAN Angélique-Marguerite BELANGER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois GONTHIER

Francois GONTHIER married

Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 25 November 1823
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Francois GONTHIER and Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE
Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Barthelemy AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

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

Children of Francois GONTHIER and Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Zephirin GAUTHIER

Born: abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Hyde BOILY 27 April 1846 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1803
3 December 1803
Les Éboulements, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Francois GONTHIER and Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE 25 November 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 19 years old.

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 of Child
Zephirin GAUTHIER married 27 April 1846, La Baie, Canada East to Marie-Hyde BOILY

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.