Edouard-Joseph LACOMBE

Born

28 June 1828 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Died

14 November 1889 , Vankleek Hill, Champlain, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 28 June 1828 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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Edouard-Joseph married Marie-Louise LARIVIERE 11 February 1850 in Saint-Polycarpe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LARIVIERE was born 24 December 1828 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Marie-Louise died 19 April 1919 in Alfred, Alfred and Plantagenet, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.

Edouard-Joseph LACOMBE died 14 November 1889 in Vankleek Hill, Champlain, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
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Edouard-Joseph LACOMBE married

Marie-Louise LARIVIERE
Marriage date: 11 February 1850
Marriage place: Saint-Polycarpe, Canada East

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Théophile LACOMBE

Born: 13 October 1858, L’Orignal, Canada West
Died: 2 July 1930, Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

Married: Helene PAQUETTE 25 October 1880

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Birth — 1828
28 June 1828
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Edouard-Joseph LACOMBE and Marie-Louise LARIVIERE 11 February 1850, Saint-Polycarpe, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Théophile LACOMBE was born 13 October 1858, L’Orignal, Ontario, Canada

Edouard-Joseph was 30 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.