Josephte OCTEAU

Born

12 January 1811 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

10 May 1891 , Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

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Francois OCTEAU Marie-Josephe COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

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Born: 12 January 1811 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Francois OCTEAU

Mother: Marie-Josephe COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

Paternal grandparents: Simon ST-DENIS dit OCTEAU , Louise CARRIER

Maternal grandparents: Charles COUTURE dit BELLERIVE , Marie-Josephe FILTEAU

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Josephte married Joseph TURGEON 3 September 1833 in Beaumont, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph TURGEON was born 9 October 1804 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Joseph died 1 September 1861 in Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph TURGEON and Marie-Brigitte MORIN.

Josephte OCTEAU died 10 May 1891 in Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada.
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Josephte OCTEAU married

Joseph TURGEON
Marriage date: 3 September 1833
Marriage place: Beaumont, Lower Canada
Joseph TURGEON was the child of Joseph TURGEON and Marie-Brigitte MORIN

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Children of Joseph TURGEON and Josephte OCTEAU

Marie Josephte "Josephine" TURGEON

Born: 24 February 1836, Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Lower Canada
Died: 27 May 1920, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Pierre LECLERC 19 February 1855

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Birth — 1811
12 January 1811
Lauzon, Lévis, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Josephte OCTEAU and Joseph TURGEON 3 September 1833, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

She was 22 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Marie Josephte "Josephine" TURGEON was born 24 February 1836, Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 25 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)

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph TURGEON died 1 September 1861, Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

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.