Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

Born

16 November 1818 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

28 November 1892 , Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada

Francois married Marguerite LUSSIER 8 February 1841 in Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LUSSIER was born 7 July 1822 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Joseph LUSSIER and Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE .

Parents & Family of Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

Parents of Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

Father

Andre KOCH (SCOTT)

Mother

Marguerite GENDRON

Grandparents of Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

Paternal grandparents

Andreas KOCH (SCOTT) Josephte BENOIT

Maternal grandparents

Francois GENDRON Josephte SIMONEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

Francois SCOTT (KOCH) married

Marguerite LUSSIER
Marriage date: 8 February 1841
Marriage place: Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Marguerite LUSSIER was the child of Joseph LUSSIER and Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois SCOTT (KOCH) and Marguerite LUSSIER

Sophie SCOTT

Born: 17 December 1843, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 21 September 1910, Lewiston, Maine, USA

Married: Leandre MORIN 3 March 1862

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
16 November 1818
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Francois SCOTT (KOCH) and Marguerite LUSSIER 8 February 1841, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Sophie SCOTT was born 17 December 1843, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Francois was 25 years old.

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 - 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.