Marie Desiree COUTU

(b. 23 August 1840 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 10 January 1905 , Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA )

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Marie Desiree COUTU was born 23 August 1840 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Marie Desiree COUTU was the child of ? and ?

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

Marie Desiree married Joseph-William LANDRY 26 May 1862 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-William LANDRY was born abt. 1829 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph-William died 2 January 1889 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Marie Desiree COUTU died 10 January 1905 in Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA .

daughter of Pierre Coutu and Margaret Emerance Bourre

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie Desiree COUTU married

Joseph-William LANDRY-- Date: 26 May 1862 Place: Berthierville, Canada East

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Children of Joseph-William LANDRY and Marie Desiree COUTU:

Louis Henri LANDRY (b.abt. 1863, Berthierville, Canada East d. abt. 1944, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Angelina RONDEAU

Adolphus Henry LANDRY (b.12 June 1876, Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA d. 27 January 1960, North Miami Beach, Florida, USA)
m. Melina BOUCHER 18 October 1897 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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1840 Birth
23 August 1840
Berthierville, Lower 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Marriage / Partner
Marie Desiree COUTU and Joseph-William LANDRY 26 May 1862, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 21 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Adolphus Henry LANDRY was born 12 June 1876, Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA (Harrisville) (Pascoag) (Mapleville) (Oakland)

Marie Desiree was 35 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)