Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE

Born

18 February 1798 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Died

25 June 1854 , St-Bernard, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph LAVERDIÈRE Madeleine VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

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Born: 18 February 1798 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph LAVERDIÈRE

Mother: Madeleine VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LAVERDIÈRE , Marie Modeste ARSENAULT

Maternal grandparents: Philippe VALLIERE (VALLIERES) , Marie-Anne BOULAY (BOULET)

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Louis-Joseph married Sophie PARÉ 3 September 1823 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie PARÉ was born 9 October 1807 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Sophie died 16 August 1879 in St-Bernard, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Catherine-Genevieve TRUDEL.

Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE died 25 June 1854 in St-Bernard, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Spouse & Children of Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE

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Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE married

Sophie PARÉ
Marriage date: 3 September 1823
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Sophie PARÉ was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Catherine-Genevieve TRUDEL

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Children of Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE and Sophie PARÉ

Marie-Marcelline LAVERDIÈRE

Born: abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Basile THIBODEAU 11 August 1856

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Birth — 1798
18 February 1798
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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
Louis-Joseph LAVERDIÈRE and Sophie PARÉ 3 September 1823, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 25 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)