Louis-Antime LACOMBE

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28 April 1801 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1887 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN Therese AUBIN dite MIGNOT (MIGNEAULT)

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Born: 28 April 1801 in Montmagny, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN

Mother: Therese AUBIN dite MIGNOT (MIGNEAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Charles BALAN dit LACOMBE , Elisabeth CHRÉTIEN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François AUBIN dit MIGNOT (MIGNEAULT) , Marthe GAGNÉ

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Louis-Antime married Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 17 January 1826 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 24 August 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Louise died 30 August 1840 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Louise was the child of Francois DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie BOUCHARD.

Louis-Antime LACOMBE died 23 May 1887 in Montmagny, 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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Louis-Antime LACOMBE married

Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD
Marriage date: 17 January 1826
Marriage place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Francois DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie BOUCHARD

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Children of Louis-Antime LACOMBE and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Philomene-Eleonore LACOMBE

Born: 6 May 1839, Montmagny, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste CLOUTIER 9 February 1858 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1801
28 April 1801
Montmagny, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Antime LACOMBE and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 17 January 1826, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene-Eleonore LACOMBE was born 6 May 1839, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis-Antime was 38 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 30 August 1840, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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 Marriage of Child
Philomene-Eleonore LACOMBE married 9 February 1858, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jean-Baptiste CLOUTIER

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.