Marie Elmire MECHE

Born

7/4/1821 , Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Died

7/28/1841 , Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Age: 20

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David MECHE Marie Louise PREJEAN

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Born: 7/4/1821 in Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

Father: David MECHE

Mother: Marie Louise PREJEAN

Paternal grandparents: Andre MECHE , Anna Marie Dorothee HAVERSTOCK

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Marie Elmire married Joseph Toussaint QUEBEDEAUX 18 January 1840 in St. Landry, Louisiana, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Toussaint QUEBEDEAUX was born 13 August 1818 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA. Joseph Toussaint died 4 November 1847 in St. Landry, Louisiana, USA.

Marie Elmire MECHE died 7/28/1841 in Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA.
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Marie Elmire MECHE married

Joseph Toussaint QUEBEDEAUX
Marriage date: 18 January 1840
Marriage place: St. Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Joseph Toussaint QUEBEDEAU

Born: 9/17/1840, Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA
Died: 4/23/1908, , Louisiana, USA

Married: Marie MARKS 25 September 1865

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Birth — 1821
7/4/1821
Grand Coteau, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.