Thomas RATTÉ (RATE)

Born

22 March 1797 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

18 March 1874 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

Thomas married Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER 3 November 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER was born 16 May 1797 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Julienne-Madeleine died 28 March 1870 in Bagotville, Quebec, Canada. Julienne-Madeleine was the child of Jean COUTURIER and Rose TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE)

Parents of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE)

Father

Basile RATTÉ (RATE)

Mother

Marie-Anne SIMARD

Grandparents of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE)

Paternal grandparents

Charles RATTÉ (RATE) Marie-Rose BOUCHARD dite DORVAL

Maternal grandparents

François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE Marie LAVOIE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE)

Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) married

Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER
Marriage date: 3 November 1818
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER was the child of Jean COUTURIER and Rose TREMBLAY

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

Children of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER

Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)

Born: 16 September 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 21 February 1895, Saint-Louis-de-Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph GRAVEL 27 May 1839 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

Mathilde RATTE

Born: 17 May 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 November 1854, La Baie, Canada East

Married: François PERRON 7 February 1842 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Flore RATTÉ (RATE)

Born: 4 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoine TREMBLAY 11 June 1844 Place: La Baie, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1797
22 March 1797
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1818 Marriage / Partner
Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER 3 November 1818, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.

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

1819 Birth of Child
Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) was born 16 September 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thomas was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Mathilde RATTE was born 17 May 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thomas was 26 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Flore RATTÉ (RATE) was born 4 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thomas was 29 years old.

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE) married 27 May 1839, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada to Joseph GRAVEL

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Mathilde RATTE married 7 February 1842, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East to François PERRON

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Flore RATTÉ (RATE) married 11 June 1844, La Baie, Canada East to Antoine TREMBLAY

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)

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

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

1854 Death of Child
Mathilde RATTE died 25 November 1854, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 57 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

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.