Louis GONTHIER

(b. 8 February 1778 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 July 1872 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Louis GONTHIER was born 8 February 1778 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis GONTHIER was the child of Louis GONTHIER and Geneviève BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GONTHIER and Marie-Josephte GAGNON (maternal) Joseph-François BOUCHARD and Marie-Dorothée SAVARD

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

Louis married Josephte JEAN 11 January 1803 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte JEAN was born 18 October 1782 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Josephte died 26 September 1809 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Josephte was the child of Francois-Xavier JEAN and Angélique-Marguerite BELANGER.

Louis married (2) Julienne TREMBLAY 28 April 1812 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Julienne TREMBLAY was born 1 February 1773 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Julienne died 28 December 1863 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Julienne was the child of Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD.

Louis GONTHIER died 12 July 1872 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Louis GONTHIER married

Josephte JEAN-- Date: 11 January 1803 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Josephte JEAN was the child of Francois-Xavier JEAN and Angélique-Marguerite BELANGER

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Children of Louis GONTHIER and Josephte JEAN:

Francois GONTHIER (b.3 December 1803, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 30 January 1871, Rivière-Ste-Marguerite, Canada)
m. Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE 25 November 1823 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis GONTHIER (b.22 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 February 1878, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine BOUCHARD 20 February 1827 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis GONTHIER married

Julienne TREMBLAY-- Date: 28 April 1812 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Julienne TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

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1778 Birth
8 February 1778
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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)

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Louis GONTHIER and Josephte JEAN 11 January 1803, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 24 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Francois GONTHIER was born 3 December 1803, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 25 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Louis GONTHIER was born 22 October 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Louis was 27 years old.

1809 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte JEAN died 26 September 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Louis GONTHIER and Julienne TREMBLAY 28 April 1812, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 34 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

1823 Marriage of Child
Francois GONTHIER married 25 November 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Adelaide AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Louis GONTHIER married 20 February 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Madeleine BOUCHARD

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)

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julienne TREMBLAY died 28 December 1863, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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.