Louise FORTIER

(b. 5 July 1782 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 March 1868 , Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada )

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Louise FORTIER was born 5 July 1782 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise FORTIER was the child of Charles-Francois FORTIER and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis FORTIER and Veronique DENIS dite LAPIERRE (maternal) Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Angelique DRAPEAU

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

Louise married Augustin LABONTE 4 July 1796 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin LABONTE was born 21 March 1775 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Augustin died 16 February 1842 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Augustin was the child of Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE and Genevieve GOSSELIN.

Louise FORTIER died 6 March 1868 in Saint-Henri, 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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Louise FORTIER married

Augustin LABONTE-- Date: 4 July 1796 Place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Augustin LABONTE was the child of Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE and Genevieve GOSSELIN

Children of Augustin LABONTE and Louise FORTIER:

Louise LABONTE (b.19 September 1805, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis MORISSET 25 October 1831 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1782 Birth
5 July 1782
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Louise FORTIER and Augustin LABONTE 4 July 1796, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

She was 14 years old.

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

1805 Birth of Child
Louise LABONTE was born 19 September 1805, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Louise was 23 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

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 Marriage of Child
Louise LABONTE married 25 October 1831, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Louis MORISSET

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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin LABONTE died 16 February 1842, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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

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.