Edouard LACOMBE

(b. 29 August 1826 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1873 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard LACOMBE was born 29 August 1826 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Edouard LACOMBE was the child of Alexandre LACOMBE and Josephte GODIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BALAN dit LACOMBE and Françoise COLLARD (maternal) Antoine GODIN and Marie-Josephte THYSDEL dite NOËL

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

Edouard married Aurelie LESAGE 29 July 1845 in Louiseville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie LESAGE was born 2 September 1825 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Aurelie died 17 May 1855 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Aurelie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE.

Edouard LACOMBE died 17 February 1873 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Edouard LACOMBE

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Edouard LACOMBE married

Aurelie LESAGE-- Date: 29 July 1845 Place: Louiseville, Canada East
Aurelie LESAGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Josephte DUENNE dite LEMAITRE

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Children of Edouard LACOMBE and Aurelie LESAGE:

Melvina LACOMBE (b.28 May 1846, Louiseville, Canada East d. 22 February 1919, La Moure, North Dakota, USA)
m. Joseph CHATEAU dit GODFROY 28 July 1867 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1826 Birth
29 August 1826
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Edouard LACOMBE and Aurelie LESAGE 29 July 1845, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 18 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Melvina LACOMBE was born 28 May 1846, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Edouard was 19 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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Aurelie LESAGE died 17 May 1855, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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.