Catherine LABBE

(b. 22 April 1810 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 21 January 1868 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine LABBE was born 22 April 1810 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Catherine LABBE was the child of Michel LABBE and Dorothee SCHMID and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LABBE and Marie-Josephe ASSELIN (maternal) Louis SCHMID and Anne PELISSIER

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

Catherine married Jean-Baptiste THEROUX 7 August 1827 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste THEROUX was born 4 October 1791 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste died 14 March 1862 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste was the child of André THEROUX and Charlotte MCCLURE.

Catherine married (2) Louis PARENT 10 November 1863 in Yamaska, Canada East . Louis PARENT was born 27 February 1789 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louis was the child of Louis PARENT and Agathe FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE.

Catherine LABBE died 21 January 1868 in Yamaska, 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 Catherine LABBE

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Catherine LABBE married

Jean-Baptiste THEROUX-- Date: 7 August 1827 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste THEROUX was the child of André THEROUX and Charlotte MCCLURE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste THEROUX and Catherine LABBE:

Catherine THEROUX (b.1 March 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )

Luce THEROUX (b.6 December 1835, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph THEROUX (b.5 September 1838, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )

Catherine LABBE married

Louis PARENT-- Date: 10 November 1863 Place: Yamaska, Canada East
Louis PARENT was the child of Louis PARENT and Agathe FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

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Children of Louis PARENT and Catherine LABBE:

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1810 Birth
22 April 1810
Yamaska, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Catherine LABBE and Jean-Baptiste THEROUX 7 August 1827, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 17 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Catherine THEROUX was born 1 March 1830, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Luce THEROUX was born 6 December 1835, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 25 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
Joseph THEROUX was born 5 September 1838, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Catherine was 28 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 - 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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste THEROUX died 14 March 1862, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1863 Marriage / Partner
Catherine LABBE and Louis PARENT 10 November 1863, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 53 years old.

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.