Noel COUTURIER

Born

4 September 1835 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

26 November 1903 , Leland, Leelanau, Michigan, USA

Cause of Death: consumption

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Michel-Joseph COUTURIER Josephte THÉROUX

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Born: 4 September 1835 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Michel-Joseph COUTURIER

Mother: Josephte THÉROUX

Paternal grandparents: Michel COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ , Marguerite CARON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Paul THÉROUX , Josephte HEBERT

Noel was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Noel married Elmire GAUTHIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elmire GAUTHIER was born 3 June 1840 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Elmire died 30 December 1900 in Leland Township, Leelanau, Michigan, USA. Elmire was the child of Jean Baptiste GAUTHIER and Jeanne GUILBAULT.

Noel COUTURIER died 26 November 1903 in Leland, Leelanau, Michigan, USA.
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Noel COUTURIER married

Elmire GAUTHIER
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Elmire GAUTHIER was the child of Jean Baptiste GAUTHIER and Jeanne GUILBAULT

Children of Noel COUTURIER and Elmire GAUTHIER

John Oliver COUTURIER

Born: 21 November 1858, Old Mission, Michigan, USA
Died: 30 October 1940, Elk Rapids, Antrim, Michigan, USA

Married: Louise MOSIER

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Birth — 1835
4 September 1835
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1858 Birth of Child
John Oliver COUTURIER was born 21 November 1858, Old Mission, Michigan, USA

Noel was 23 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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.

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

1880 Centreville, Michigan
Name: Noel Couturier
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1880: Centreville, Leelanau, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elmire Couturier
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
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Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
Noel Couturier 44
Elmire Couturier 40
Alsume Couturier 23
John Couturier 21
David Couturier 19
Eugenia Couturier 17
Almine Couturier 15
Arman Couturier 13
Alfred Couturier 11
Odo Couturier 7
Bertha Couturier 4
William B. Couturier 1m

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

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

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

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

1900 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elmire GAUTHIER died 30 December 1900, Leland Township, Leelanau, Michigan, USA

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

Death
Name: Noel Couturier
Birth Date: abt 1843
Birth Place: Canada
Death Date: 26 Nov 1903
Death Place: Leland, Leelanau, Michigan
Death Age: 60
Occupation: Merchant
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jos Couturier
Mother Name: Jannet Tu...Ne
FHL Film Number: 932155

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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