Josephte RAINVILLE

Born

1 September 1804 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

21 May 1870 , St-Didace de Maskinongé. Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Josephte RAINVILLE

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Born: 1 September 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Parents of Josephte RAINVILLE

Father

Emmanuel RAINVILLE

Mother

Marie-Charlotte BRÛLÉ

Grandparents of Josephte RAINVILLE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-Ignace RAINVILLE (DERAINVILLE) Jeanne HUS LEMOINE

Maternal grandparents

Antoine BRÛLÉ Marie-Josephte ÉTHIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Josephte married Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN 16 August 1825 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN was born 6 September 1804 in Donnacona, Lower Canada . Jean-Chrysostome died 3 November 1884 in St-Didace de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Jean-Chrysostome was the child of Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN and Marie-Anne GODIN.

Josephte RAINVILLE died 21 May 1870 in St-Didace de Maskinongé. Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Josephte RAINVILLE

Josephte RAINVILLE married

Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN
Marriage date: 16 August 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN was the child of Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN and Marie-Anne GODIN

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

Children of Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN and Josephte RAINVILLE

Rosalie GERMAIN

Born: 23 February 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 11 November 1903, St-Charles-de-Madeville, Canada

Married: Leandre BERGERON 7 February 1855

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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 — 1804
1 September 1804
Saint-Cuthbert, 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Josephte RAINVILLE and Jean-Chrysostome GERMAIN 16 August 1825, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Rosalie GERMAIN was born 23 February 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Josephte was 30 years old.

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)

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.