Joseph
LAVERDIERE
Born
10 January 1808
,
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Died
29 September 1895
,
Saint Camille, Cookshire, Compton, Quebec, Canada
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Born: 10 January 1808 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
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Joseph married Adelaide DEMERS 16 July 1833 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide DEMERS was born 15 February 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Adelaide died 10 September 1889 in Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Le Granit, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph LAVERDIERE died 29 September 1895 in Saint Camille, Cookshire, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Joseph LAVERDIERE
Joseph LAVERDIERE married 
Adelaide DEMERS
Marriage date: 16 July 1833
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Adelaide DEMERSMarriage date: 16 July 1833
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph LAVERDIERE and Adelaide DEMERS
David LAVERDIEREBorn: 9 January 1848, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
Died: 5 October 1920, Courcelles, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada
Died: 5 October 1920, Courcelles, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada
Married: Marie POULIOT 7 February 1872
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Birth — 180810 January 1808
Sainte-Marie, 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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1833 Marriage / PartnerJoseph LAVERDIERE and Adelaide DEMERS 16 July 1833, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)
He was 25 years old.
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1848 Birth of ChildDavid LAVERDIERE was born 9 January 1848, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada
Joseph was 40 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1889 Death of Spouse/PartnerAdelaide DEMERS died 10 September 1889, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Le Granit, Quebec, Canada
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 189529 September 1895
Saint Camille, Cookshire, Compton, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 87.
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