Luce
LETOURNEAU
Born
8 February 1858
,
Saint-Isidore, Canada East
Died
19 February 1905
,
Plessisville, Québec, Canada
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Born: 8 February 1858 in Saint-Isidore, Canada East
Father:
Isidore LETOURNEAU
Mother:
Marguerite BONENFANT
Paternal grandparents:
Isidore LETOURNEAU
, Marie-Angele-Archange LEBRUN dite CARRIER
Maternal grandparents:
Pierre BONENFANT
, Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Luce married Theodore PROVENCHER 30 August 1875 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theodore PROVENCHER was born February 10, 1854 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset). Theodore died January 13, 1935 in Norbertville, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. Theodore was the child of Joseph PROVENCHER and Eleonore CARIGNAN.
Luce LETOURNEAU died 19 February 1905 in Plessisville, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Luce LETOURNEAU
Luce LETOURNEAU married 
Theodore PROVENCHER
Marriage date: 30 August 1875
Marriage place: Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada
Theodore PROVENCHER was the child of Joseph PROVENCHER and Eleonore CARIGNAN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Theodore PROVENCHERMarriage date: 30 August 1875
Marriage place: Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada
Theodore PROVENCHER was the child of Joseph PROVENCHER and Eleonore CARIGNAN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Theodore PROVENCHER and Luce LETOURNEAU
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Birth — 18588 February 1858
Saint-Isidore, Canada East
1867 - 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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1875 Marriage / PartnerLuce LETOURNEAU and Theodore PROVENCHER 30 August 1875, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada
She was 17 years old.
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1879 Birth of ChildAnselme PROVENCHER was born July 9, 1879, Plessisville, Québec, Canada (Somerset)
Luce was 21 years old.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 190519 February 1905
Plessisville, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 47.
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