Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER

(b. 4 October 1810 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1885 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER was born 4 October 1810 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER was the child of Christophe LUSSIER and Judith PHANEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LUSSIER and Madeleine-Anne-Marguerite LANGEVIN (maternal) François PHANEUF and Madeleine GODU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Julie BOUSQUET 8 November 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Julie BOUSQUET was born 20 January 1813 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Julie died 14 January 1862 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Julie was the child of Hyacinthe BOUSQUET and Marie-Julie GUAY dite DARAGON.

Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER died 13 March 1885 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER married

Julie BOUSQUET-- Date: 8 November 1831 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Julie BOUSQUET was the child of Hyacinthe BOUSQUET and Marie-Julie GUAY dite DARAGON

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Julie BOUSQUET:

Joseph LUSSIER (b.12 January 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 2 May 1915, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Louise PHANEUF 7 February 1854 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Hermine LUSSIER (b.20 June 1845, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 17 January 1928, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Ambroise GAUDET 29 April 1862 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1810 Birth
4 October 1810
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Julie BOUSQUET 8 November 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph LUSSIER was born 12 January 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Hermine LUSSIER was born 20 June 1845, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Joseph LUSSIER married 7 February 1854, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise PHANEUF

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
Julie BOUSQUET died 14 January 1862, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1862 Marriage of Child
Hermine LUSSIER married 29 April 1862, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Ambroise GAUDET

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.