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26 July 1804 Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Born: 26 July 1804 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


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Joseph  married  Elisabeth PRINCE 28 September 1829 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth PRINCE  was born 25 March 1805 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . 

Joseph HOULE died 24 February 1882 in Saint-Valère, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.
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Children of Joseph HOULE and Elisabeth PRINCE


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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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BirthBirth — 1804
26 July 1804
Nicolet, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1829 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOULE and Elisabeth PRINCE 28 September 1829, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 25 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Birth of Child
Pierre HOULE was born 15 June 1844, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 39 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1868 Marriage of Child
Pierre HOULE married 11 February 1868, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada to Marie-Olive HAMEL
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1878 Death of Child
Pierre HOULE died 2 March 1878, Saint-Valère-De-Bulstrode, Centre-Du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 73 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
DeathDeath — 1882
24 February 1882
Saint-Valère, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 77.
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