Louis DUQUET

Born

19 December 1815 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

25 March 1897 , Lacolle, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Louis DUQUET

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Born: 19 December 1815 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents of Louis DUQUET

Father

Louis DUQUET

Mother

Charlotte LANGEVIN

Grandparents of Louis DUQUET

Paternal grandparents

Etienne DUQUET Catherine-Amable SURPRENANT

Maternal grandparents

Michel LANGEVIN Amable DUCLOS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Salomee BOURDEAU 10 May 1852 in Châteauguay, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Salomee BOURDEAU was born 30 November 1830 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Salomee died 19 April 1914 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada . Salomee was the child of François BOURDEAU and Josephte SURPRENANT.

Louis DUQUET died 25 March 1897 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis DUQUET

Louis DUQUET married

Salomee BOURDEAU
Marriage date: 10 May 1852
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Canada East
Salomee BOURDEAU was the child of François BOURDEAU and Josephte SURPRENANT

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Children of Louis DUQUET and Salomee BOURDEAU

Joseph Louis DUQUETTE

Born: 8 June 1856, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: 30 April 1942, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Euphemie CARON 08 January 1883

Domithilde DUQUET

Born: 9 August 1862, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: 16 September 1911, Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph-Leon CYRIAC (SYRIAC) 8 January 1883 Place: Lacolle, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1815
19 December 1815
La Prairie, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1852 Marriage / Partner
Louis DUQUET and Salomee BOURDEAU 10 May 1852 , Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 36 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
Joseph Louis DUQUETTE was born 8 June 1856, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Louis was 40 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

1862 Birth of Child
Domithilde DUQUET was born 9 August 1862, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Louis was 46 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.