Narcisse COURCHESNE

(b. 16 May 1827 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 2 March 1899 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

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Narcisse COURCHESNE was born 16 May 1827 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Narcisse COURCHESNE was the child of Alexandre COURCHESNE and Marie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Catherine PROULX (maternal) Denis-Joseph BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Thérèse-Tharsile AUGER

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Narcisse married Thérèse CAYA 9 January 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Thérèse CAYA was born 2 August 1829 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Thérèse died 24 January 1897 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Thérèse was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE.

Narcisse COURCHESNE died 2 March 1899 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Narcisse COURCHESNE

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Narcisse COURCHESNE married

Thérèse CAYA-- Date: 9 January 1855 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
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Thérèse CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA dit MADRAN and Marguerite HOUDE

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Children of Narcisse COURCHESNE and Thérèse CAYA:

Joseph-Alexandre COURCHESNE (b.14 October 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 25 March 1856, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Marie-Sara-Adelaide COURCHESNE (b.4 June 1857, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1857, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

Joseph-Arsene-Israel COURCHESNE (b.4 August 1858, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 22 July 1935, Ste Cecile ,Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Christine PELISSIER 6 July 1886 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Narcisse COURCHESNE (b.25 September 1860, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 29 March 1947, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Mathilde BELLEROSE dite MEUNIER 25 October 1881 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Hormisdas COURCHESNE (b.1 November 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. abt. 1946, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE 29 September 1884 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph-Odile-Hermangilde COURCHESNE (b.10 April 1864, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Parmelia COURCHESNE (b.5 January 1866, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. abt. 1938, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Octave GARIEPY 2 July 1887 in Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Louise-Dina COURCHESNE (b.4 November 1867, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. abt. 1947, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Hormisdas TROTTIER 3 September 1901 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Eugenie-Edesse COURCHESNE (b.16 March 1869, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada d. 4 April 1869, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

Joseph-Octave COURCHESNE (b.24 March 1871, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1943, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Amanda BELISLE 23 February 1903 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Joseph Ludger COURCHESNE (b.7 November 1872, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada d. 8 November 1951, Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA)
m. Aldea GRANDMONT 18 October 1897 in Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA

Joseph Louis Hermangilde "Herman" COURCHESNE (b.10 November 1875, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 22 January 1965, St-Clet, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Coronna MEUNIER dite BELLEROSE 19 May 1903 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

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1827 Birth
16 May 1827
Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, 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)

Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (interior)
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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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Narcisse COURCHESNE and Thérèse CAYA 9 January 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

1855 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1855 Birth of Child
Joseph-Alexandre COURCHESNE was born 14 October 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 28 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Joseph-Alexandre COURCHESNE died 25 March 1856, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 28 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
Marie-Sara-Adelaide COURCHESNE was born 4 June 1857, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 30 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Joseph-Arsene-Israel COURCHESNE was born 4 August 1858, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Narcisse was 31 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Narcisse COURCHESNE was born 25 September 1860, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 33 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Hormisdas COURCHESNE was born 1 November 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Joseph-Odile-Hermangilde COURCHESNE was born 10 April 1864, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 36 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Marie Parmelia COURCHESNE was born 5 January 1866, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 38 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Dina COURCHESNE was born 4 November 1867, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 40 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Eugenie-Edesse COURCHESNE was born 16 March 1869, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 41 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave COURCHESNE was born 24 March 1871, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 43 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Joseph Ludger COURCHESNE was born 7 November 1872, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Narcisse was 45 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Birth of Child
Joseph Louis Hermangilde "Herman" COURCHESNE was born 10 November 1875, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Narcisse was 48 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Narcisse COURCHESNE married 25 October 1881, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Mathilde BELLEROSE dite MEUNIER

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Marriage of Child
Hormisdas COURCHESNE married 29 September 1884, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Arsene-Israel COURCHESNE married 6 July 1886, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Christine PELISSIER

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1887 Marriage of Child
Marie Parmelia COURCHESNE married 2 July 1887, Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA to Octave GARIEPY

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thérèse CAYA died 24 January 1897, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1897 Marriage of Child
Joseph Ludger COURCHESNE married 18 October 1897, Hooksett, New Hampshire, USA to Aldea GRANDMONT