flag male ancestor  Thomas  OTIS

  (b. 29 December 1812 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 24 November 1897 Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada )  

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Thomas OTIS was born 29 December 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Thomas OTIS was the child of Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS   and   Madeleine COULOMBE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Thérèse-Cecile GRENON (maternal)  Thomas-Charles COULOMBE and Rosalie PERRON

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Thomas  married  Marie HARRISON 6 November 1832 in Matane, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie HARRISON  was born 18 August 1814 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).  Marie was the child of Samuel HARRISON and Marguerite FOURNIER.

Thomas OTIS died 24 November 1897 in Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Thomas OTIS married flag female ancestor Marie HARRISON-- Date: 6 November 1832 Place: Matane, Lower Canada
Marie HARRISON was the child of Samuel HARRISON and Marguerite FOURNIER




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birth1812 Birth
29 December 1812
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1832 Marriage / Partner
Thomas OTIS and Marie HARRISON 6 November 1832, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

He was 19 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 Birth of Child
Madeleine OTIS was born 8 October 1845, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Thomas was 32 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1867 Marriage of Child
Madeleine OTIS married 19 November 1867, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Elzear TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1897 Death
24 November 1897
Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 84.
Added: 10/11/2024 10:59:59 AM - Updated: 12/3/2024 3:33:04 PM

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