Adelaide HOULE

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1 December 1825 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

5 July 1897 , Champlain, Québec, Canada

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Born: 1 December 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Adelaide married Zepherin DOUCET 3 June 1862 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zepherin DOUCET was born 22 November 1835 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).

Adelaide HOULE died 5 July 1897 in Champlain, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Adelaide HOULE married

Zepherin DOUCET
Marriage date: 3 June 1862
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Children of Zepherin DOUCET and Adelaide HOULE

Olivine DOUCET

Born: 22 February 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Died: 17 April 1926, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Moise DUCHARME 20 July 1880

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Birth — 1825
1 December 1825
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide HOULE and Zepherin DOUCET 3 June 1862, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 36 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Olivine DOUCET was born 22 February 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Adelaide was 37 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.