Henri LAJEUNESSE

(b. 13 August 1803 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 3 January 1878 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

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Henri LAJEUNESSE was born 13 August 1803 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Henri LAJEUNESSE was the child of Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Geneviève DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite JOACHIM dite RIENDEAU (REGUINDEAU) (maternal) Henri-Marie DEMERS and Geneviève BOILEAU

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

Henri married Marguerite THERRIEN 5 February 1833 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marguerite THERRIEN was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 18 January 1903 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Marguerite was the child of Louis THERRIEN and Françoise BOURGEOIS.

Henri LAJEUNESSE died 3 January 1878 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, 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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Henri LAJEUNESSE married

Marguerite THERRIEN-- Date: 5 February 1833 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marguerite THERRIEN was the child of Louis THERRIEN and Françoise BOURGEOIS

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Children of Henri LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite THERRIEN:

Henri LAJEUNESSE (b.20 March 1834, Iberville, Lower Canada d. , )

Emilie LAJEUNESSE (b.23 October 1835, Iberville, Lower Canada d. , )

Michel LAJEUNESSE (b.30 November 1838, Iberville, Lower Canada d. , )

Antoine LAJEUNESSE (b.31 January 1841, Iberville, Canada East d. , )

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Peter (Pierre) YOUNG (LAJEUNESSE) (b.17 June 1847, Iberville, Canada East d. 30 July 1918, Bear Creek, Wisconsin, USA )
m. Laura (Eleanore) SURPRISE (SURPRENANT) 1866 in , Wisconsin, USA

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1803 Birth
13 August 1803
Saint-Luc, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Henri LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite THERRIEN 5 February 1833, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 29 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Henri LAJEUNESSE was born 20 March 1834, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Henri was 30 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Emilie LAJEUNESSE was born 23 October 1835, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Henri 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

1838 Birth of Child
Michel LAJEUNESSE was born 30 November 1838, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Henri was 35 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Birth of Child
Antoine LAJEUNESSE was born 31 January 1841, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Henri was 37 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Peter (Pierre) YOUNG (LAJEUNESSE) was born 17 June 1847, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Henri was 43 years old.

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.