Theotiste CHOUINARD

(b. 10 August 1782 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 April 1848 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Theotiste CHOUINARD was born 10 August 1782 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

Theotiste CHOUINARD was the child of Joseph CHOUINARD and Angélique AUBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Anne PELLETIER (maternal) François AUBERT and Marie-Françoise BERUBE

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

Theotiste married Jean-Juste MIVILLE 13 February 1798 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-Juste MIVILLE was born 24 April 1777 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Jean-Juste died 7 September 1864 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Jean-Juste was the child of Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Barbe CHOUINARD.

Theotiste CHOUINARD died 15 April 1848 in Québec Province, 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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Theotiste CHOUINARD married

Jean-Juste MIVILLE-- Date: 13 February 1798 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Jean-Juste MIVILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Barbe CHOUINARD

Children of Jean-Juste MIVILLE and Theotiste CHOUINARD:

Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.15 November 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 25 July 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Anastasie FORTIN 24 October 1820 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.abt. 1803, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Abraham FORTIN 13 January 1824 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Fabien MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES (b.abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Claire BELANGER 14 February 1831 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (b.9 December 1812, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT 11 August 1835 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1782 Birth
10 August 1782
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste CHOUINARD and Jean-Juste MIVILLE 13 February 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 15 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 15 November 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Theotiste was 16 years old.

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

1812 Birth of Child
Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 9 December 1812, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Theotiste was 30 years old.

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

1820 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 24 October 1820, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Anastasie FORTIN

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage of Child
Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 13 January 1824, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Abraham FORTIN

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Fabien MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES married 14 February 1831, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Claire BELANGER

1835 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES married 11 August 1835, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Jean ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

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)