Celeste TURCOT

(b. 14 December 1811 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 21 February 1899 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )

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Celeste TURCOT was born 14 December 1811 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Celeste TURCOT was the child of Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Josephte GAUMOND (maternal) Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS

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

Celeste married Elisee CLAVEAU 21 January 1834 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisee CLAVEAU was born 22 April 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elisee died 13 March 1843 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Elisee was the child of Joseph CLAVEAU and Reine GAGNON.

Celeste TURCOT died 21 February 1899 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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Celeste TURCOT married

Elisee CLAVEAU-- Date: 21 January 1834 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Elisee CLAVEAU was the child of Joseph CLAVEAU and Reine GAGNON

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Children of Elisee CLAVEAU and Celeste TURCOT:

Sophie CLAVEAU (b.14 January 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. 3 January 1900, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Prosper TREMBLAY 10 February 1862 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1811 Birth
14 December 1811
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Celeste TURCOT and Elisee CLAVEAU 21 January 1834, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

She was 22 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 Birth of Child
Sophie CLAVEAU was born 14 January 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Celeste was 29 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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisee CLAVEAU died 13 March 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Sophie CLAVEAU married 10 February 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Prosper TREMBLAY

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.