Joseph COUTU

Born

4 April 1805 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

4 February 1899 ,

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Born: 4 April 1805 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Joseph married Catherine GENEREUX 8 November 1825 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine GENEREUX was born 28 December 1808 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Catherine died 10 March 1879

Joseph COUTU died 4 February 1899
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph COUTU

Joseph COUTU married

Catherine GENEREUX
Marriage date: 8 November 1825
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

Children of Joseph COUTU and Catherine GENEREUX

Marie Celanise COUTU

Born: 20 February 1853, St. Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph Octave RIVET 7 January 1868

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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 — 1805
4 April 1805
Berthierville, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COUTU and Catherine GENEREUX 8 November 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 20 years old.

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)

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

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)

1853 Birth of Child
Marie Celanise COUTU was born 20 February 1853, St. Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 47 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)