Joseph HOULE

(b. 26 July 1804 , Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 24 February 1882 , Saint-Valère, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph HOULE was born 26 July 1804 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Joseph HOULE was the child of ? and ?

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

Joseph married Elisabeth PRINCE 28 September 1829 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth PRINCE was born 25 March 1805 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) .

Joseph HOULE died 24 February 1882 in Saint-Valère, Arthabaska, Quebec, 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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Joseph HOULE married

Elisabeth PRINCE-- Date: 28 September 1829 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph HOULE and Elisabeth PRINCE:

Pierre HOULE (b.15 June 1844, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada d. 2 March 1878, Saint-Valère-De-Bulstrode, Centre-Du-Québec, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Olive HAMEL 11 February 1868 in Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

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1804 Birth
26 July 1804
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HOULE and Elisabeth PRINCE 28 September 1829, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 25 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Pierre HOULE was born 15 June 1844, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

Joseph was 39 years old.

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.