Alexandre COURCHESNE

Born

9 October 1823 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

20 October 1889 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Alexandre married Julie CAYA 21 January 1851 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Julie CAYA was born 1 October 1817 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Julie died 13 April 1876 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada . Julie was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Olivier CAYA and Anne CARTIER .

Parents & Family of Alexandre COURCHESNE

Parents of Alexandre COURCHESNE

Father

Alexandre COURCHESNE

Mother

Marie BOUCHER

Grandparents of Alexandre COURCHESNE

Paternal grandparents

Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE Catherine PROULX

Maternal grandparents

Denis-Joseph BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS Thérèse-Tharsile AUGER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexandre COURCHESNE

Alexandre COURCHESNE married

Julie CAYA
Marriage date: 21 January 1851
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Julie CAYA was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Olivier CAYA and Anne CARTIER

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

Children of Alexandre COURCHESNE and Julie CAYA

Alexandre COURCHESNE

Born: 5 December 1851, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: 5 May 1913, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joachim COURCHESNE

Born: 15 May 1856, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: 22 November 1927, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

Joseph COURCHESNE

Born: 15 June 1860, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1823
9 October 1823
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre COURCHESNE and Julie CAYA 21 January 1851, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Alexandre COURCHESNE was born 5 December 1851, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Alexandre was 28 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Joachim COURCHESNE was born 15 May 1856, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Alexandre was 32 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

1860 Birth of Child
Joseph COURCHESNE was born 15 June 1860, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Alexandre was 36 years old.

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.