Louise BELLEFEUILLE

(b. 25 March 1833 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. abt. 1908 , Ste Angele de Laval, Becancour, Quebec, Canada )

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Louise BELLEFEUILLE was born 25 March 1833 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Louise BELLEFEUILLE was the child of Hilaire BELLEFEUILLE dit PINEL and Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BELLEFEUILLE dit PINEL and Charlotte CHAMPOUX dite ST-PAIR (maternal) François GENEST dit LABARRE and Marie-Louise RHEAULT

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

Louise married Moise CORMIER 19 February 1855 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Moise CORMIER was born 13 July 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Moise died abt. 1895 in Ste Angele de Laval, Quebec, Canada. Moise was the child of Jean-Baptiste CORMIER and Marie LACOURSE.

Louise BELLEFEUILLE died abt. 1908 in Ste Angele de Laval, Becancour, Quebec, 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 Louise BELLEFEUILLE

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Louise BELLEFEUILLE married

Moise CORMIER-- Date: 19 February 1855 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Moise CORMIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CORMIER and Marie LACOURSE

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Children of Moise CORMIER and Louise BELLEFEUILLE:

Nere CORMIER (b.7 May 1856, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. , )

Joseph CORMIER (b.21 October 1857, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 5 May 1936, Wolseley, Saskatchewan, Canada)
m. Melanie DUREAULT 19 February 1889 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Rose-Anna CORMIER (b.11 June 1859, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 23 June 1921, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

Celina CORMIER (b.1 May 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 2 February 1948, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Anne CORMIER (b.31 May 1865, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 6 January 1926, Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, Daveluyville, Mégantic, Qc Canada)

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1833 Birth
25 March 1833
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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.

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

1855 Marriage / Partner
Louise BELLEFEUILLE and Moise CORMIER 19 February 1855 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 21 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Nere CORMIER was born 7 May 1856, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louise was 23 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Joseph CORMIER was born 21 October 1857, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louise was 24 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Rose-Anna CORMIER was born 11 June 1859, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louise was 26 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Celina CORMIER was born 1 May 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louise was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CORMIER was born 31 May 1865, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louise was 32 years old.

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.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Marriage of Child
Joseph CORMIER married 19 February 1889 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Melanie DUREAULT

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

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