Gabriel THERRIEN

(b. 6 September 1795 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 4 December 1884 , Windsor, Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel THERRIEN was born 6 September 1795 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Gabriel THERRIEN was the child of Gabriel THERRIEN and Marguerite GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis THERRIEN and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE (maternal) Pierre GOULET and Genevieve VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

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

Gabriel married Felicite COTE 18 November 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Felicite COTE was born 13 September 1804 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Felicite died 13 June 1872 in Durham-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-Fulgence-de-Durham). Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Helene FORGUES.

Gabriel THERRIEN died 4 December 1884 in Windsor, 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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Family and Children of Gabriel THERRIEN

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Gabriel THERRIEN married

Felicite COTE-- Date: 18 November 1822 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Felicite COTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Helene FORGUES

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Children of Gabriel THERRIEN and Felicite COTE:

Felicite THERRIEN (b.30 November 1834, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 4 October 1910, St-Claude, Richmond, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph LABBE 23 July 1850

Ambroise THERRIEN (b.9 June 1843, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East d. , )
m. Rose BISSON 10 February 1868

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1795 Birth
6 September 1795
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel THERRIEN and Felicite COTE 18 November 1822, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

He was 27 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Felicite THERRIEN was born 30 November 1834, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Gabriel was 39 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Ambroise THERRIEN was born 9 June 1843, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Gabriel was 47 years old.

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.