Louis-Damase GAUVIN

Born

27 April 1817 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

13 August 1888 , Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

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Born: 27 April 1817 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Louis-Damase married Domitilde D'AMOUR 24 October 1843 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Domitilde D'AMOUR was born abt. 1823 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada. Domitilde died 18 February 1893 in United States.

Louis-Damase GAUVIN died 13 August 1888 in Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis-Damase GAUVIN

Louis-Damase GAUVIN married

Domitilde D'AMOUR
Marriage date: 24 October 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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

Children of Louis-Damase GAUVIN and Domitilde D'AMOUR

Achille GAUVIN

Born: 21 June 1863, Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Canada East
Died: 7 April 1940, Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Married: Delina CASTONGUAY 21 February 1887

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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 — 1817
27 April 1817
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Damase GAUVIN and Domitilde D'AMOUR 24 October 1843, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Achille GAUVIN was born 21 June 1863, Sainte-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Louis-Damase was 46 years old.

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.