Adelaide
HOULE
(b.
1 December 1825
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
d.
5 July 1897
,
Champlain, Québec, Canada
)
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Adelaide HOULE was born 1 December 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Adelaide HOULE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Adelaide married Zepherin DOUCET 3 June 1862 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zepherin DOUCET was born 22 November 1835 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).
Adelaide HOULE died 5 July 1897 in Champlain, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Adelaide appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Family and Children of Adelaide HOULE
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Zepherin DOUCET-- Date: 3 June 1862 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Zepherin DOUCET and Adelaide HOULE:
Olivine DOUCET (b.22 February 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 17 April 1926, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Moise DUCHARME 20 July 1880
Zepherin DOUCET-- Date: 3 June 1862 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Zepherin DOUCET and Adelaide HOULE:
Olivine DOUCET (b.22 February 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East d. 17 April 1926, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)m. Moise DUCHARME 20 July 1880
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1825 Birth 1 December 1825
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1862 Marriage / PartnerAdelaide HOULE and Zepherin DOUCET 3 June 1862, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
She was 36 years old.
1863 Birth of ChildOlivine DOUCET was born 22 February 1863, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
Adelaide was 37 years old.
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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1897 Death 5 July 1897
Champlain, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 71.
Added: 10/14/2025 11:02:07 PM
- Updated: 10/14/2025 11:02:25 PM
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