Prosper THERIAULT

(b. 25 June 1789 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 May 1873 , St-Francois, Madawaska, NB, Canada )

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Prosper THERIAULT was born 25 June 1789 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Prosper THERIAULT was the child of Jacques THÉRIAULT and Madeleine GRANDMAISON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul THÉRIAULT and Anne Marie HÉBERT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste THERIAULT dit GRANDMAISON and Marguerite THIBODEAU

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

Prosper married Josephe-Rose ALBERT 1 July 1811 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Josephe-Rose ALBERT was born 4 March 1788 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Josephe-Rose died 23 January 1822 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Josephe-Rose was the child of Louis ALBERT and Josephte PARADIS.

Prosper married (2) Fabienne GOSSELIN 19 September 1831 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . Fabienne GOSSELIN was born 29 October 1814 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Fabienne was the child of Pierre GOSSELIN and Constance OUELLET.

Prosper THERIAULT died 17 May 1873 in St-Francois, Madawaska, NB, Canada.

m. Albert Josephe-Rose
m. Gosselin Fabienne

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Prosper THERIAULT married

Josephe-Rose ALBERT-- Date: 1 July 1811 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Josephe-Rose ALBERT was the child of Louis ALBERT and Josephte PARADIS

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Prosper THERIAULT married

Fabienne GOSSELIN-- Date: 19 September 1831 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Fabienne GOSSELIN was the child of Pierre GOSSELIN and Constance OUELLET

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1789 Birth
25 June 1789
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Prosper THERIAULT and Josephe-Rose ALBERT 1 July 1811, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephe-Rose ALBERT died 23 January 1822, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Prosper THERIAULT and Fabienne GOSSELIN 19 September 1831, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

He was 42 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.

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.