Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS

(b. 27 December 1831 , Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada d. 8 April 1859 , Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada East )

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Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS was born 27 December 1831 in Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada

Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS was the child of Michel BROSSOIT dit BOURGUIGNON and Rosalie MERCIER

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

Louise-Virginie married Pierre OUELLET 9 January 1858 in Saint-Timothée, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre OUELLET was born 29 June 1838 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 12 July 1911 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . Pierre was the child of Joseph-Henri OUELLET and Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD.

Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS died 8 April 1859 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS

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Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS married

Pierre OUELLET-- Date: 9 January 1858 Place: Saint-Timothée, Canada East
Pierre OUELLET was the child of Joseph-Henri OUELLET and Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD

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Children of Pierre OUELLET and Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS:

Pierre OUELLETTE (WILLARD) (b.28 May 1858, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Canada East d. 11 January 1929, Buffalo, New York, USA)
m. Catherine (Curto) (Curts) Anne GRANT 24 November 1879

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1831 Birth
27 December 1831
Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS and Pierre OUELLET 9 January 1858, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

She was 26 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Pierre OUELLETTE (WILLARD) was born 28 May 1858, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada (Valleyfield) (Sainte-Cécile)

Louise-Virginie was 26 years old.