flag male ancestor  Louis  COUTU

  (b. 7 December 1786 Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 4 March 1852 Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Canada East )  

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Louis COUTU was born 7 December 1786 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis COUTU was the child of ?   and   ?

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Louis  married  Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS 14 August 1810 in Montréal, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS  was born 18 June 1786 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Josephe died 2 March 1842 in Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Québec, Canada. 

Louis COUTU died 4 March 1852 in Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Canada East.
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Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Louis COUTU

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Louis COUTU married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS-- Date: 14 August 1810 Place: Montréal, Lower Canada
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Children of Louis COUTU and Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS:

flag female ancestor Catherine COUTU (b.6 December 1824, Sainte-Elizabeth, D'Autray, Lower Canada  d. , )
m. Chrystophe HUS dit CAPISTRAN 31 December 1849



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birth1786 Birth
7 December 1786
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1810 Marriage / Partner
Louis COUTU and Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS 14 August 1810, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.
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
1824 Birth of Child
Catherine COUTU was born 6 December 1824, Sainte-Elizabeth, D'Autray, Québec, Canada

Louis was 38 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
1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe DAGENAIS died 2 March 1842, Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Québec, 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)
death1852 Death
4 March 1852
Saint-Thomas, Joliette, Canada East

He died at the age of 65.
Added: 11/16/2025 12:46:50 PM - Updated: 11/16/2025 12:47:33 PM

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