Albert GAUTHIER

(b. 25 December 1832 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 4 October 1911 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Albert GAUTHIER was born 25 December 1832 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Albert GAUTHIER was the child of Albert-Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Thérèse-Claire HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Louis GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephte PEPIN dite LAFORCE (maternal) Alexis-Clair HOUDE and Marie-Angélique CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

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

Albert married Seraphine CHASSE 28 October 1856 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Seraphine CHASSE was born 2 June 1836 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Seraphine died 20 May 1865 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas).

Albert married (2) Marie-Anne JANELLE (HAMEL) 15 August 1865 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Anne JANELLE (HAMEL) was born 26 July 1838 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 7 December 1916 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas).

Albert GAUTHIER died 4 October 1911 in Pierreville, Yamaska, 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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Albert GAUTHIER married

Seraphine CHASSE-- Date: 28 October 1856 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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Children of Albert GAUTHIER and Seraphine CHASSE:

Georgiana GAUTHIER (b.18 March 1858, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 27 March 1922, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Gédéon GAUTHIER (b.11 March 1859, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. abt. 1928, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)

Louis-Edmond GAUTHIER (b.22 May 1860, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 12 December 1935, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Joseph GAUTHIER (b.12 February 1862, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 7 December 1864, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East )

Alma GAUTHIER (b.10 March 1864, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 11 January 1923, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA)

Albert GAUTHIER married

Marie-Anne JANELLE (HAMEL)-- Date: 15 August 1865 Place: Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East

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Children of Albert GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne JANELLE (HAMEL):

Joseph-Elzear GAUTHIER (b.23 May 1866, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 18 August 1866, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East )

Louis-Wilfrid GAUTHIER (b.11 August 1867, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 17 May 1880, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Marcel GAUTHIER (b.1 December 1868, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph GAUTHIER (b.1 September 1870, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 23 July 1954, St-Elphège, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada)

Hector GAUTHIER (b.26 April 1872, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1923, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Rose-Anna-Valerie GAUTHIER (b.16 September 1873, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 27 August 1874, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Moïse-Helvin GAUTHIER (b.28 August 1875, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. , )

Arthur GAUTHIER (b.14 July 1877, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 10 June 1941, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Wilfrid GAUTHIER (b.27 July 1878, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada d. 26 November 1885, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

Wencelas-Ubald-Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER (b.18 January 1880, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada d. 6 July 1880, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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1832 Birth
25 December 1832
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Biography
Occupation: Cultivateur
Naissance: 24 DEC 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 25 DEC 1832, St-Francois-du-Lac, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Thimothé Plourde et Josephte Laforce.
Décès: 4 OCT 1911, Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Sépulture: 6 OCT 1911, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC
Dcd: 78a.
Conjoint(1): Seraphine CHASSE, (m. 28 OCT 1856, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC)
Conjoint(2): Marie-Anne JANELLE, (m. 15 AUG 1865, St-Thomas-de-Pierreville, Yamaska, QC)

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.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Albert GAUTHIER and Seraphine CHASSE 28 October 1856, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Georgiana GAUTHIER was born 18 March 1858, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 25 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Gédéon GAUTHIER was born 11 March 1859, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 26 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Louis-Edmond GAUTHIER was born 22 May 1860, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 27 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 12 February 1862, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 29 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Alma GAUTHIER was born 10 March 1864, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 31 years old.

1864 Death of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER died 7 December 1864, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 31 years old.

1865 Marriage / Partner
Albert GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne JANELLE (HAMEL) 15 August 1865, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

He was 32 years old.

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Seraphine CHASSE died 20 May 1865, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

1866 Birth of Child
Joseph-Elzear GAUTHIER was born 23 May 1866, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 33 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

1867 Birth of Child
Louis-Wilfrid GAUTHIER was born 11 August 1867, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 34 years old.

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Marcel GAUTHIER was born 1 December 1868, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 35 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Joseph GAUTHIER was born 1 September 1870, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 37 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Hector GAUTHIER was born 26 April 1872, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 39 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Anna-Valerie GAUTHIER was born 16 September 1873, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 40 years old.

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

1874 Death of Child
Marie-Rose-Anna-Valerie GAUTHIER died 27 August 1874, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 41 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Moïse-Helvin GAUTHIER was born 28 August 1875, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 42 years old.

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

1877 Birth of Child
Arthur GAUTHIER was born 14 July 1877, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 44 years old.

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

1878 Birth of Child
Wilfrid GAUTHIER was born 27 July 1878, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Albert was 45 years old.

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

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

1880 Birth of Child
Wencelas-Ubald-Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER was born 18 January 1880, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 47 years old.

1880 Death of Child
Louis-Wilfrid GAUTHIER died 17 May 1880, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 47 years old.

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)

1885 Death of Child
Wilfrid GAUTHIER died 26 November 1885, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Albert was 52 years old.

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

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 - 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)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Death
4 October 1911
Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.

Added: 7/10/2015 12:55:22 PM - Updated: 4/3/2025 1:06:06 PM