François-Xavier LUSSIER

(b. 16 November 1811 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 18 May 1877 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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François-Xavier LUSSIER was born 16 November 1811 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

François-Xavier LUSSIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Marie-Josephte GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Christophe LUSSIER and Angélique DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON (maternal) François GAUDET and Marie-Josephe BOUSQUET

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François-Xavier married Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD 7 January 1840 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD was born abt. 1813 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline died 31 December 1885 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline was the child of Charles ALLARD and Magdeleine LUSSIER.

François-Xavier LUSSIER died 18 May 1877 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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François-Xavier LUSSIER married

Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD-- Date: 7 January 1840 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD was the child of Charles ALLARD and Magdeleine LUSSIER

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Children of François-Xavier LUSSIER and Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD:

Toussaint LUSSIER (b.27 September 1845, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 15 March 1928, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Lucie GUERTIN 13 October 1868 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1811 Birth
16 November 1811
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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier LUSSIER and Marie-Magdeleine-Adeline ALLARD 7 January 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Toussaint LUSSIER was born 27 September 1845, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier was 33 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.