Thérèse LAVALLÉE

Born

12 December 1791 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

17 December 1881 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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Pierre LAVALLÉE Marie-Ursule MANDEVILLE

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Born: 12 December 1791 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre LAVALLÉE

Mother: Marie-Ursule MANDEVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Gérémie (Jérémie) Pierre LAVALLÉE , Élisabeth DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MANDEVILLE , Marie-Ursule BOURGAULT dite LACROIX

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Thérèse married Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE 24 August 1812 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE was born 28 October 1786 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Michel died 25 December 1864 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Paul-Sylvestre LAMOTHE and Elisabeth AUGER.

Thérèse LAVALLÉE died 17 December 1881 in Saint-Robert, 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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Thérèse LAVALLÉE married

Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE
Marriage date: 24 August 1812
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE was the child of Paul-Sylvestre LAMOTHE and Elisabeth AUGER

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Children of Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE and Thérèse LAVALLÉE

Marie LAMOTHE

Born: abt. 1816, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE

Born: abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Olivier LAMOTHE

Born: abt. 1823, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Adelaide LAMOTHE

Born: 4 August 1824, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Charles LAMOTHE

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 August 1903, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Marguerite LAMOTHE

Born: 7 June 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 17 May 1856, Saint-David, Canada East

Felix LAMOTHE

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1791
12 December 1791
Sorel, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse LAVALLÉE and Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE 24 August 1812, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 20 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
Adelaide LAMOTHE was born 4 August 1824, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Thérèse was 32 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

1831 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAMOTHE was born 7 June 1831, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Thérèse was 39 years old.

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.

1856 Death of Child
Marguerite LAMOTHE died 17 May 1856, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Thérèse was 64 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel LAMOTHE dit LARAMÉE died 25 December 1864, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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.