Denis
GERVAIS
Born
29 August 1834
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died
13 September 1897
,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Born: 29 August 1834 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Father:
Louis GERVAIS
Paternal grandparents:
Alexis GERVAIS
, Marie Desanges (Angelique) CADIEUX
Maternal grandparents:
Pierre BEAUPRE
, Marguerite LEMIRE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Denis married Elisa CASTLE abt. 1860 in Iowa, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisa CASTLE was born abt. 1840 Elisa died abt. 1867
Denis married (2) Albina BOULET 16 January 1867 in Montréal, Canada East . Albina BOULET was born abt. 1842 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).
Denis GERVAIS died 13 September 1897 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
m. Elisa Castle
m. Albina Boulet
m. Albina Boulet
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Denis GERVAIS
Children of Denis GERVAIS and Elisa CASTLE
Denis GERVAIS married 
Albina BOULET
Marriage date: 16 January 1867
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Albina BOULETMarriage date: 16 January 1867
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Marriage notes:
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Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Birth — 183429 August 1834
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Marriage / PartnerDenis GERVAIS and Albina BOULET 16 January 1867, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
He was 32 years old.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 189713 September 1897
Montréal, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 63.
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