Marie-Reine LUSSIER

(b. 10 August 1795 , Varennes, Lower Canada d. 23 May 1869 , Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Reine LUSSIER was born 10 August 1795 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Marie-Reine LUSSIER was the child of Pierre LUSSIER and Marguerite GEOFFRION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Christophe LUSSIER and Marie-Reine DESMARAIS (maternal) Gabriel GEOFFRION and Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Amable died 16 September 1866 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Amable was the child of Louis CHOQUET and Josephte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Marie-Reine LUSSIER died 23 May 1869 in Saint-Aimé, 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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Marie-Reine LUSSIER married

Amable CHOQUET-- Date: 11 January 1813 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Amable CHOQUET was the child of Louis CHOQUET and Josephte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Children of Amable CHOQUET and Marie-Reine LUSSIER:

Pierre CHOQUET (b.abt. 1818, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jules CHOQUET (b.18 January 1824, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 2 April 1857, Ste-Julie, Quebec, Canada)

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1795 Birth
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.