Antoine GAUTHIER

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23 February 1820 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

7 May 1892 , Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada

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Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN Marie-Julie BOUSQUET

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Born: 23 February 1820 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

Mother: Marie-Julie BOUSQUET

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAUTHIER , Madeleine DAUNAIS

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET , Marie-Charlotte MESSIER

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Antoine married Eloise JODOIN 18 January 1842 in Varennes, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eloise JODOIN was born 31 March 1824 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Eloise died 5 February 1854 in Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada. Eloise was the child of Louis JODOIN and Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS.

Antoine GAUTHIER died 7 May 1892 in Sainte-Julie, Quebec, 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
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Antoine GAUTHIER married

Eloise JODOIN
Marriage date: 18 January 1842
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada East
Eloise JODOIN was the child of Louis JODOIN and Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

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Children of Antoine GAUTHIER and Eloise JODOIN

Ferdinand GAUTHIER

Born: 13 October 1847, Varennes, Canada East
Died: 3 April 1933, Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite MANDEVILLE 2 September 1872 Place: Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

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Birth — 1820
23 February 1820
Varennes, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER and Eloise JODOIN 18 January 1842, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Ferdinand GAUTHIER was born 13 October 1847, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Antoine was 27 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eloise JODOIN died 5 February 1854, Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada

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.

1872 Marriage of Child
Ferdinand GAUTHIER married 2 September 1872, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill) to Marguerite MANDEVILLE

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

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 - 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

Death — 1892
7 May 1892
Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 72.