Leandre HOULE

(b. 18 May 1827 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 23 May 1909 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Leandre HOULE was born 18 May 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Leandre HOULE was the child of Laurent HOUDE and Julienne GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HOUDE and Pelagie TREMBLAY (maternal) Agapit GIRARD and Rose MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)

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

Leandre married Leocadie COTE 19 July 1852 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Leocadie COTE was born 20 July 1831 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Leocadie died 8 April 1894 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Leocadie was the child of Anselme-Antoine COTE and Archange DESGAGNES.

Leandre HOULE died 23 May 1909 in Les Éboulements, 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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Leandre HOULE married

Leocadie COTE-- Date: 19 July 1852 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Leocadie COTE was the child of Anselme-Antoine COTE and Archange DESGAGNES

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Children of Leandre HOULE and Leocadie COTE:

Hermeline HOULE (b.28 January 1860, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 8 July 1887, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Georges TREMBLAY 3 November 1880 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1827 Birth
18 May 1827
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Leandre HOULE and Leocadie COTE 19 July 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Hermeline HOULE was born 28 January 1860, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leandre was 32 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Marriage of Child
Hermeline HOULE married 3 November 1880, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Georges TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1887 Death of Child
Hermeline HOULE died 8 July 1887, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leandre was 60 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
Leocadie COTE died 8 April 1894, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 Death
23 May 1909
Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 82.

Added: 6/16/2025 8:37:28 AM - Updated: 6/16/2025 8:39:13 AM