Andre LAPORTE

Born

15 April 1804 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

29 March 1863 , Saint-Liboire, Canada East

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Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES Marie-Desanges FOREST

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Born: 15 April 1804 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Father: Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Mother: Marie-Desanges FOREST

Paternal grandparents: Louis LAPORTE , Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Simon FOREST , Rosalie RICHARD

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Andre married Isabelle TELMOSSE 10 February 1829 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabelle TELMOSSE was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Isabelle died 18 May 1886 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton). Isabelle was the child of Antoine TELMOSSE dit SANSREGRET and Archange BRAULT.

Andre LAPORTE died 29 March 1863 in Saint-Liboire, Canada East.
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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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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Isabelle TELMOSSE
Marriage date: 10 February 1829
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Isabelle TELMOSSE was the child of Antoine TELMOSSE dit SANSREGRET and Archange BRAULT

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Sophie LAPORTE

Born: 30 August 1833, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 31 May 1902, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Francois JETTE 25 July 1854 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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Birth — 1804
15 April 1804
Joliette, 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Andre LAPORTE and Isabelle TELMOSSE 10 February 1829, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Sophie LAPORTE was born 30 August 1833, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Andre was 29 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Sophie LAPORTE married 25 July 1854, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Francois JETTE

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