Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Born

10 August 1795 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1869 , Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada

Marie-Reine married Amable CHOQUET 11 January 1813 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Amable CHOQUET was born 19 November 1784 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Amable died 16 September 1866 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East . Amable was the child of Louis CHOQUET and Josephte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) .

Parents & Family of Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Parents of Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Father

Pierre LUSSIER

Mother

Marguerite GEOFFRION

Grandparents of Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Paternal grandparents

Christophe LUSSIER Marie-Reine DESMARAIS

Maternal grandparents

Gabriel GEOFFRION Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Marie-Reine LUSSIER married

Amable CHOQUET
Marriage date: 11 January 1813
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Amable CHOQUET was the child of Louis CHOQUET and Josephte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Amable CHOQUET and Marie-Reine LUSSIER

Pierre CHOQUET

Born: abt. 1818, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Jules CHOQUET

Born: 18 January 1824, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 2 April 1857, Ste-Julie, Quebec, Canada

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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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Birth — 1795
10 August 1795
Varennes, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Reine LUSSIER and Amable CHOQUET 11 January 1813, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 17 years old.

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)

1824 Birth of Child
Jules CHOQUET was born 18 January 1824, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Reine was 28 years old.

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

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.

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.

1857 Death of Child
Jules CHOQUET died 2 April 1857, Ste-Julie, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Reine was 61 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)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amable CHOQUET died 16 September 1866, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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.