Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

(b. 1 October 1801 , Deschambault, Lower Canada d. 20 March 1877 , St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada )

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Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was born 1 October 1801 in Deschambault, Lower Canada

Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Josephte PAQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Françoise MATHIEU (maternal) Joseph-Marie PAQUIN and Marguerite CLOUTIER

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Emilie married Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE 29 October 1832 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was born 13 June 1806 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 11 March 1876 in Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Antoine CROISETIERE and Madeleine ALLARD.

Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) died 20 March 1877 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) married

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE-- Date: 29 October 1832 Place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was the child of Antoine CROISETIERE and Madeleine ALLARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN):

Luce CROISETIERE (b.27 October 1833, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1902, St-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada)
m. Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS 7 February 1853 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1801 Birth
1 October 1801
Deschambault, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE 29 October 1832, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 31 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Luce CROISETIERE was born 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Emilie was 32 years old.

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)

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Luce CROISETIERE married 7 February 1853, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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

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.