Joseph COUPAL

(b. 26 January 1830 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1883 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph COUPAL was born 26 January 1830 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Joseph COUPAL was the child of Antoine COUPAL and Catherine LAVALLEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COUPAL dit LA REINE and Marie JOURDANAIS (maternal) François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET and Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES

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

Joseph married Euphrosine PROVOST 22 July 1851 in La Prairie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine PROVOST was born 27 January 1832 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Euphrosine died abt. 1926 Euphrosine was the child of Augustin PREVOST and Josephte HEBERT dite LAROSE.

Joseph COUPAL died 20 August 1883 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph COUPAL

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Joseph COUPAL married

Euphrosine PROVOST-- Date: 22 July 1851 Place: La Prairie, Canada East
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Euphrosine PROVOST was the child of Augustin PREVOST and Josephte HEBERT dite LAROSE

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Children of Joseph COUPAL and Euphrosine PROVOST:

Judith COUPAL (b.15 April 1854, Québec, Canada East d. 14 May 1924, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste COUPAL 30 June 1885 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

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1830 Birth
26 January 1830
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COUPAL and Euphrosine PROVOST 22 July 1851 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 21 years old.

1851 marriage

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

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

1854 Birth of Child
Judith COUPAL was born 15 April 1854, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph was 24 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1871 - St Jacques le Mineur
Name: Joseph Coupal
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: Laprairie
District Number: 115
Division: 01
Subdistrict: St Jacques
Subdistrict Number: d

Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Coupal 41
Heuphrosine Coupal 39
Marie Coupal 18
Judith Coupal 17
Joseph Coupal 13
Francois Zéphrin Coupal 10
Sorbert David Coupal 8
Maximilere Coupal 6
Augustine Coupal 2
Philomene Coupal 1/ 12

1871 Canadian Census
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1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1881 - St Jacques le Mineur
Name: Joseph Coupal
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 51
Birth Year: 1830
Birthplace: Quebec
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: Française (French)
Occupation: Cultivateur
Province: Quebec
District Number: 69
District: Laprairie
Sub-District Number: F
Subdistrict: St Jacques le Mineur
Division: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Coupal 51
Euphrosine Coupal 49
Judith Coupal 26
Joseph Coupal 23
Zéphir Coupal 20
David Coupal 17
Maxima Coupal 15
Augustine Coupal 12
Joséphine Coupal 6
Wilfrid Coupal 3

1881 Canadian Census
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