Josephte GROULX

(b. 14 August 1800 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada d. 2 April 1871 , Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada )

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Josephte GROULX was born 14 August 1800 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Josephte GROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GROULX and Antoinette LABERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GROULX and Marguerite RAINVILLE (maternal) Pierre LABERGE and Marguerite-Josephte LEPAGE

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Josephte married Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS 13 February 1821 in St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 12 February 1799 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Charles died 19 May 1874 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite DAOUST.

Josephte GROULX died 2 April 1871 in Sainte-Martine, 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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Josephte GROULX married

Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS-- Date: 13 February 1821 Place: St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

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Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was the child of Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite DAOUST

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Children of Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Josephte GROULX:

Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS (b.16 July 1831, St-Clément-de-Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine-Martine NIDING 23 September 1851 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

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1800 Birth
14 August 1800
Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Josephte GROULX and Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS 13 February 1821, St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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

1831 Birth of Child
Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 16 July 1831, St-Clément-de-Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Josephte was 30 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)

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married 23 September 1851, Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada to Catherine-Martine NIDING

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.