Antoine GAUTHIER

(b. 24 May 1812 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1895 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine GAUTHIER was born 24 May 1812 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Antoine GAUTHIER was the child of Luc GAUTHIER and Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) and Procule BOUCHARD (maternal) Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY and Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Antoine married Lucie BOIVIN 19 November 1833 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucie BOIVIN was born 13 October 1816 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Lucie died 24 August 1892 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). Lucie was the child of Elisee BOIVIN and Marguerite MERCIER.

Antoine GAUTHIER died 22 June 1895 in Saint-Hilarion, 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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Antoine GAUTHIER married

Lucie BOIVIN-- Date: 19 November 1833 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Lucie BOIVIN was the child of Elisee BOIVIN and Marguerite MERCIER

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Children of Antoine GAUTHIER and Lucie BOIVIN:

Philippine GAUTHIER (b.10 April 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 3 March 1922, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 24 January 1871 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

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1812 Birth
24 May 1812
Les Éboulements, 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

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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER and Lucie BOIVIN 19 November 1833, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 21 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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Philippine GAUTHIER was born 10 April 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Antoine was 40 years old.

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.