Laurent GOSSELIN

Born

20 September 1786 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 August 1865 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

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Pierre-Noel GOSSELIN Marguerite LEFEBVRE

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Born: 20 September 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre-Noel GOSSELIN

Mother: Marguerite LEFEBVRE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GOSSELIN , Marie-Anne FORTIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER , Marie-Brigitte LABBE

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

Laurent married Charlotte THIVIERGE 12 August 1811 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte THIVIERGE was born 3 November 1793 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Charlotte died 11 March 1854 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Charlotte was the child of Laurent THIVIERGE and Angelqiue AUDET.

Laurent GOSSELIN died 5 August 1865 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: Agriculteur

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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Spouse & Children of Laurent GOSSELIN

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Laurent GOSSELIN married

Charlotte THIVIERGE
Marriage date: 12 August 1811
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Charlotte THIVIERGE was the child of Laurent THIVIERGE and Angelqiue AUDET

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Children of Laurent GOSSELIN and Charlotte THIVIERGE

Henriette GOSSELIN

Born: 21 September 1821, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois-Xavier DELISLE 11 January 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1786
20 September 1786
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Laurent GOSSELIN and Charlotte THIVIERGE 12 August 1811, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He 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

1821 Birth of Child
Henriette GOSSELIN was born 21 September 1821, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Laurent was 35 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

1842 Marriage of Child
Henriette GOSSELIN married 11 January 1842, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Francois-Xavier DELISLE

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.