Isidore LETOURNEAU

Born

17 September 1828 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

10 June 1903 , Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

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Isidore LETOURNEAU Marie-Angele-Archange LEBRUN dite CARRIER

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Born: 17 September 1828 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Father: Isidore LETOURNEAU

Mother: Marie-Angele-Archange LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LETOURNEAU , Marie-Brigitte MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean LEBRUN dit CARRIER , Marguerite GOULET

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Isidore married Marguerite BONENFANT 22 September 1853 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BONENFANT was born 9 July 1836 in Wickham, Drummond, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 7 January 1868 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre BONENFANT and Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE.

Isidore LETOURNEAU died 10 June 1903 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, 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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Isidore LETOURNEAU married

Marguerite BONENFANT
Marriage date: 22 September 1853
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite BONENFANT was the child of Pierre BONENFANT and Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE

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Luce LETOURNEAU

Born: 8 February 1858, Saint-Isidore, Canada East
Died: 19 February 1905, Plessisville, Québec, Canada

Married: Theodore PROVENCHER 30 August 1875 Place: Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1828
17 September 1828
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Isidore LETOURNEAU and Marguerite BONENFANT 22 September 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 Birth of Child
Luce LETOURNEAU was born 8 February 1858, Saint-Isidore, Québec, Canada

Isidore was 29 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.