Joseph LUSSIER

(b. 7 July 1800 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 12 February 1874 , Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph LUSSIER was born 7 July 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Joseph LUSSIER was the child of Christophe LUSSIER and Monique DOLBEC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Marie-Catherine FONTAINE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC and Marguerite MORISSEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE 5 February 1821 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE was born 27 August 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marguerite died 7 July 1869 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre MAROT dit LABONTE and Marguerite FARNSWORTH (FANEUF).

Joseph LUSSIER died 12 February 1874 in Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec, 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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Joseph LUSSIER married

Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE-- Date: 5 February 1821 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE was the child of Pierre MAROT dit LABONTE and Marguerite FARNSWORTH (FANEUF)

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Children of Joseph LUSSIER and Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE:

Marguerite LUSSIER (b.7 July 1822, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Francois SCOTT (KOCH) 8 February 1841 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

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1800 Birth
7 July 1800
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LUSSIER and Marguerite MAROTTE dite LABONTE 5 February 1821, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 20 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Marguerite LUSSIER was born 7 July 1822, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 22 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 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LUSSIER married 8 February 1841, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada to Francois SCOTT (KOCH)

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 - 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.