Thomas POTVIN

(b. 29 November 1814 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 4 July 1863 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )

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Thomas POTVIN was born 29 November 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Thomas POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Silvie GRENON

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

Thomas married Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) 8 February 1836 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) was born 3 June 1819 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emilie died 25 March 1903 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Emilie was the child of Antoine GONTHIER and Catherine TREMBLAY.

Thomas POTVIN died 4 July 1863 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Thomas POTVIN married

Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER)-- Date: 8 February 1836 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) was the child of Antoine GONTHIER and Catherine TREMBLAY

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Children of Thomas POTVIN and Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER):

Marie-Celina POTVIN (b.29 May 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 3 June 1884, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. François-Xavier TREMBLAY 19 July 1859 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1814 Birth
29 November 1814
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Thomas POTVIN and Emilie GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) 8 February 1836, 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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Celina POTVIN was born 29 May 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 25 years old.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Marie-Celina POTVIN married 19 July 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François-Xavier TREMBLAY