Alexandre MICHAUD

(b. 11 March 1783 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 October 1869 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

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Alexandre MICHAUD was born 11 March 1783 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexandre MICHAUD was the child of Alexandre MICHAUD and Marie-Elisabeth OUELLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre MICHAUD and Brigitte CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS (maternal) André-Mathurin OUELLET and Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR

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Alexandre married Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 26 August 1805 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 5 March 1783 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Genevieve died 7 June 1859 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Genevieve was the child of Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Basilisse HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Alexandre MICHAUD died 7 October 1869 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .

m. Gauthier Genevieve

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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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Alexandre MICHAUD married

Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE-- Date: 26 August 1805 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Germain GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Basilisse HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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1783 Birth
11 March 1783
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre MICHAUD and Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 26 August 1805, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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

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

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

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE died 7 June 1859, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.