Louis VIENS
Born: 10 April 1804, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marguerite GOUIN 18 July 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne
PROVOST
Born
16 November 1774
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
31 August 1856
,
Yamaska, Canada East
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Marie-Anne PROVOST married Louis VIENS
Marriage date: 29 July 1799
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Louis VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS and Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ
Louis VIENSMarriage date: 29 July 1799
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Louis VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS and Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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Birth — 177416 November 1774
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1799 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Anne PROVOST and Louis VIENS 29 July 1799, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
She was 24 years old.
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1799 marriage (part 1)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
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1799 marriage (part 2)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1804 Birth of ChildLouis VIENS was born 10 April 1804, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Marie-Anne was 29 years old.
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
1825 Death of Spouse/PartnerLouis VIENS died 31 July 1825, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
1826 Marriage of ChildLouis VIENS married 18 July 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada to Marguerite GOUIN
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.Death — 185631 August 1856
Yamaska, Canada East
She died at the age of 81.
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