Elmire GAUTHIER

Born

3 June 1840 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

30 December 1900 , Leland Township, Leelanau, Michigan, USA

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Jean Baptiste GAUTHIER Jeanne GUILBAULT

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Born: 3 June 1840 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste GAUTHIER

Mother: Jeanne GUILBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Antoine GAUTHIER , Marie Louise NAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Gregoire GUILBAULT , Jeanne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ

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Elmire married Noel COUTURIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noel COUTURIER was born 4 September 1835 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Noel died 26 November 1903 in Leland, Leelanau, Michigan, USA. Noel was the child of Michel-Joseph COUTURIER and Josephte THÉROUX.

Elmire GAUTHIER died 30 December 1900 in Leland Township, Leelanau, Michigan, USA.
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Elmire GAUTHIER married

Noel COUTURIER
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Noel COUTURIER was the child of Michel-Joseph COUTURIER and Josephte THÉROUX

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 — 1840
3 June 1840
Yamaska, Lower 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)

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

Elmire was 18 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: Elmire Couturier
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1880: Centreville, Leelanau, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Noel Couturier
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
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Occupation: Keeping House
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

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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)

Death
Name: Mary Cotourier
[Mary Gauthier]
Birth Date: abt 1840
Birth Place: Canada
Death Date: 30 Dec 1900
Death Place: Leland Township, Leelanau, Michigan
Death Age: 60
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: John Gauthier
Mother Name: Jeonnette Gillean
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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