Marguerite RACINE

Born

8 December 1785 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 August 1874 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Ignace RACINE Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

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Born: 8 December 1785 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ignace RACINE

Mother: Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

Paternal grandparents: Ignace RACINE , Angélique BOYER

Maternal grandparents: Jean LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST , Marguerite-Euphrosine GAGNON

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Marguerite married Joseph L'HEUREUX 16 January 1821 in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph L'HEUREUX was born 4 February 1795 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Joseph died 8 July 1854 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of Augustin L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) and Helene ROSA dite BARTHEMELY.

Marguerite RACINE died 31 August 1874 in Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marguerite RACINE married

Joseph L'HEUREUX
Marriage date: 16 January 1821
Marriage place: St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada
Joseph L'HEUREUX was the child of Augustin L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) and Helene ROSA dite BARTHEMELY

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Children of Joseph L'HEUREUX and Marguerite RACINE

Remi L'HEUREUX

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie GAUDREAU 9 April 1861 Place: Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)

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Birth — 1785
8 December 1785
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite RACINE and Joseph L'HEUREUX 16 January 1821, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

She 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

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph L'HEUREUX died 8 July 1854, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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 Marriage of Child
Remi L'HEUREUX married 9 April 1861, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi) to Marie GAUDREAU

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.