Joseph LAMOTHE

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11 March 1828 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

18 April 1889 , Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

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Joseph LAMOTHE Marguerite DESROCHERS

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Born: 11 March 1828 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph LAMOTHE

Mother: Marguerite DESROCHERS

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste LAMOTHE , Marie LETENDRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DESROCHERS , Geneviève-Marguerite NIQUET (NIQUETTE)

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Joseph married Catherine THIBEAULT 27 July 1848 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine THIBEAULT was born 10 February 1824 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE.

Joseph LAMOTHE died 18 April 1889 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Joseph LAMOTHE married

Catherine THIBEAULT
Marriage date: 27 July 1848
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East
Catherine THIBEAULT was the child of Charles THIBEAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle TAILLON dite LATAILLE

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Children of Joseph LAMOTHE and Catherine THIBEAULT

Celina Agnes Catherine LAMOTHE

Born: 30 January 1854, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 14 December 1890, Voluntown, Connecticut, USA

Angele LAMOTHE

Born: 7 October 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 January 1926, , Maine, USA

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Birth — 1828
11 March 1828
Sorel, 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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LAMOTHE and Catherine THIBEAULT 27 July 1848, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Celina Agnes Catherine LAMOTHE was born 30 January 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 25 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Angele LAMOTHE was born 7 October 1857, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph 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.