Antoine LAVIOLETTE

(b. 3 February 1801 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1875 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine LAVIOLETTE was born 3 February 1801 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Antoine LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVIOLETTE dit JAHAN and Marie DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Brigitte FORTIER (maternal) Pierre-Joseph DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite ALLAIRE

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

Antoine married Marguerite LEDUC 8 January 1828 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEDUC was born 16 September 1802 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 12 August 1872 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Francois-Amable LEDUC and Marguerite TETREAULT dite DUCHARME.

Antoine LAVIOLETTE died 13 June 1875 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Antoine LAVIOLETTE married

Marguerite LEDUC-- Date: 8 January 1828 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite LEDUC was the child of Francois-Amable LEDUC and Marguerite TETREAULT dite DUCHARME

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Children of Antoine LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite LEDUC:

Antoine LAVIOLETTE (b.7 March 1829, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 3 October 1910, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie RAJOTTE 4 February 1856 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1801 Birth
3 February 1801
Saint-Ours, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite LEDUC 8 January 1828, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Antoine LAVIOLETTE was born 7 March 1829, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Antoine was 28 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Antoine LAVIOLETTE married 4 February 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie RAJOTTE

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.