Joseph GAUTHIER

(b. abt. 1820 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 January 1889 , St-André-Avellin, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph GAUTHIER was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephte VAILLANCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Geneviève DUFOUR (maternal) Barthelemy VAILLANCOURT and Marie LABELLE

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

Joseph married Julie FOURNIER 1 August 1842 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie FOURNIER was born 13 November 1816 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud). Julie was the child of Thomas FOURNIER and Josephte LOUISEIZE.

Joseph GAUTHIER died 19 January 1889 in St-André-Avellin, Quebec, 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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Joseph GAUTHIER married

Julie FOURNIER-- Date: 1 August 1842 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Canada East
Julie FOURNIER was the child of Thomas FOURNIER and Josephte LOUISEIZE

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Children of Joseph GAUTHIER and Julie FOURNIER:

Basile GAUTHIER (b.abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Denise LOUISEIZE 14 February 1873

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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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTHIER and Julie FOURNIER 1 August 1842, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, 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

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.