Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT

(b. 26 November 1807 , Québec, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1847 , Grand-Calumet, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada )

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Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT was born 26 November 1807 in Québec, Lower Canada

Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT was the child of Charles RANCOURT and Marie-Josephe MONTMINY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis-Jean-Pierre married Emelie THAYER (TERRE) 17 August 1840 in Buckingham, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emelie THAYER (TERRE) was born 29 March 1824 in Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. Emelie was the child of Antoine Edouard SERRÉ dit THAYER and Marie Francoise BRUNET dite ST-LOUIS.

Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT died 25 March 1847 in Grand-Calumet, Pontiac, Quebec, 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.

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Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT married

Emelie THAYER (TERRE)-- Date: 17 August 1840 Place: Buckingham, Lower Canada
Emelie THAYER (TERRE) was the child of Antoine Edouard SERRÉ dit THAYER and Marie Francoise BRUNET dite ST-LOUIS

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Children of Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT and Emelie THAYER (TERRE):

Olive RANCOURT (b.abt. 1847, Calumet Island, Quebec, Canada d. 12 September 1895, , Canada)
m. Patrick James MULLEN 5 March 1867

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1807 Birth
26 November 1807
Québec, Lower Canada

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

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 England

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

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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Jean-Pierre RANCOURT and Emelie THAYER (TERRE) 17 August 1840, Buckingham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-de-Nazianze)

He was 32 years old.

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)