Joseph GENEREUX

Born

18 August 1819 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

24 September 1906 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME 16 February 1841 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME was born 4 July 1819 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . Angele died 24 January 1867 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East . Angele was the child of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Judith FUSEAU dite ROCH .

Parents & Family of Joseph GENEREUX

Parents of Joseph GENEREUX

Father

Antoine GENEREUX

Mother

Marie-Anne JOBIN dite BOISVERT

Grandparents of Joseph GENEREUX

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX Marguerite DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste JOBIN dit BOISVERT Josephte LÉCUYER dite GUILLET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GENEREUX

Joseph GENEREUX married

Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME
Marriage date: 16 February 1841
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME was the child of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Judith FUSEAU dite ROCH

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph GENEREUX and Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME

Agnes GENEREUX

Born: 4 February 1843, Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Died: abt. 1881,

Married: Olivier LAFERRIERE 24 June 1863 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1819
18 August 1819
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GENEREUX and Angele CHARRON dite DUCHARME 16 February 1841, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Agnes GENEREUX was born 4 February 1843, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Joseph was 23 years old.

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.

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Agnes GENEREUX married 24 June 1863, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East to Olivier LAFERRIERE

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.