Marie-Agathe GENEREUX

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10 March 1802 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

18 June 1873 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Pierre GENEREUX Marie-Clemence BARBE dite LAFORTUNE

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Born: 10 March 1802 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre GENEREUX

Mother: Marie-Clemence BARBE dite LAFORTUNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX , Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Paul BARBE dit LAFORTUNE , Marie-Victoire GUILBAULT

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Marie-Agathe married Jean-Baptiste PROULX 16 January 1821 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 19 February 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jean-Baptiste died 25 February 1868 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph PROULX and Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD.

Marie-Agathe GENEREUX died 18 June 1873 in 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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Jean-Baptiste PROULX
Marriage date: 16 January 1821
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean-Baptiste PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

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Jean-Evangeliste PROULX

Born: 4 September 1841, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: December 1896, Saint-Cyrille, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Drummond, Quebec, Canada

Married: Julie MONDOUX 6 April 1866 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1802
10 March 1802
Berthierville, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Agathe GENEREUX and Jean-Baptiste PROULX 16 January 1821, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 18 years old.

1821 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1841 Birth of Child
Jean-Evangeliste PROULX was born 4 September 1841, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Agathe was 39 years old.

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.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Jean-Evangeliste PROULX married 6 April 1866, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Julie MONDOUX

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.