Laurent LABRECQUE

(b. abt. 1787 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1862 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )

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Laurent LABRECQUE was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada

Laurent LABRECQUE was the child of Laurent LABRECQUE and Genevieve DUFRESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Marguerite DUMAS (maternal) Joseph DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte LECLERC

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Laurent married Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE 24 July 1815 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE was born 28 January 1798 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marie-Basilisse was the child of Gabriel THIVIERGE and Marguerite MORIN.

Laurent LABRECQUE died 14 March 1862 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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Family and Children of Laurent LABRECQUE

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Laurent LABRECQUE married

Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE-- Date: 24 July 1815 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE was the child of Gabriel THIVIERGE and Marguerite MORIN

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Children of Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE:

Hubert LABRECQUE (b.3 January 1822, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 23 July 1910, St-Charles-de-Limoilou, Québec, Canada)
m. Justine CAUCHON 23 April 1844 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Laurent LABRECQUE and Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE 24 July 1815, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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

1822 Birth of Child
Hubert LABRECQUE was born 3 January 1822, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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 - 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Hubert LABRECQUE married 23 April 1844, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Justine CAUCHON

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