Madeleine LUSSIER

(b. 3 May 1805 , Varennes, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1881 , Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine LUSSIER was born 3 May 1805 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Madeleine LUSSIER was the child of Pierre LUSSIER and Marguerite GEOFFRION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Christophe LUSSIER and Marie-Reine DESMARAIS (maternal) Gabriel GEOFFRION and Marie-Madeleine DALPE dite PARISEAU

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

Madeleine married Jacques MESSIER 17 September 1827 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jacques MESSIER was born 4 March 1803 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Jacques was the child of Joachim-Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Ursule CADIEUX.

Madeleine LUSSIER died 18 April 1881 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, 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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Madeleine LUSSIER married

Jacques MESSIER-- Date: 17 September 1827 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada

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Jacques MESSIER was the child of Joachim-Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Ursule CADIEUX

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Children of Jacques MESSIER and Madeleine LUSSIER:

Tharsille MESSIER (b.15 June 1828, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1887, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA )

Jacques MESSIER (b.5 December 1829, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada d. , )

Hyacinthe MESSIER (b.3 October 1831, La Présentation, Lower Canada d. , )

Madeleine MESSIER (b.17 June 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Sophie MESSIER (b.1 July 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. abt. 1873, )

Mathilde MESSIER (b.8 June 1837, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada d. 23 August 1852, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

Philomene MESSIER (b.4 November 1840, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )

Louis MESSIER (b.23 October 1842, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. , )

Jean-Baptiste MESSIER (b.6 April 1847, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. , )

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1805 Birth
3 May 1805
Varennes, Lower Canada

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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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine LUSSIER and Jacques MESSIER 17 September 1827, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 22 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Tharsille MESSIER was born 15 June 1828, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Madeleine was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Jacques MESSIER was born 5 December 1829, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 24 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Hyacinthe MESSIER was born 3 October 1831, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Madeleine was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Madeleine MESSIER was born 17 June 1833, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Sophie MESSIER was born 1 July 1835, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Madeleine was 30 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Mathilde MESSIER was born 8 June 1837, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 32 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Philomene MESSIER was born 4 November 1840, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Madeleine was 35 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Louis MESSIER was born 23 October 1842, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MESSIER was born 6 April 1847, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Madeleine was 41 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Death of Child
Mathilde MESSIER died 23 August 1852, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé)

Madeleine was 47 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

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.