Catherine GENEREUX

Born

28 December 1808 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

10 March 1879 ,

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Born: 28 December 1808 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Catherine married Joseph COUTU 8 November 1825 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph COUTU was born 4 April 1805 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Joseph died 4 February 1899

Catherine GENEREUX died 10 March 1879
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine GENEREUX

Catherine GENEREUX married

Joseph COUTU
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 — 1808
28 December 1808
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
Catherine GENEREUX and Joseph COUTU 8 November 1825, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 16 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

Catherine was 44 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)