Joseph VIENS

Born

22 July 1800 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

19 May 1874 , Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

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Louis VIENS Madeleine LATOUR

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Born: 22 July 1800 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Louis VIENS

Mother: Madeleine LATOUR

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VIENS , Charlotte LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LATOUR , Marie-Madeleine LACOSTE

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Joseph married Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE 27 January 1823 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE was born 24 April 1805 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Desanges died 30 September 1877 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Desanges was the child of Jacques DROGUE dit LAJOIE and Marie MORAND.

Joseph VIENS died 19 May 1874 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE
Marriage date: 27 January 1823
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE was the child of Jacques DROGUE dit LAJOIE and Marie MORAND

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Children of Joseph VIENS and Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE

Adele VIENS

Born: abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Joseph ARCHAMBAULT 9 February 1847 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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Birth — 1800
22 July 1800
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VIENS and Desanges DROGUE dite LAJOIE 27 January 1823, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 22 years old.

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)

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Adele VIENS married 9 February 1847, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Joseph ARCHAMBAULT

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.