Hortense SAVARIA

Born

7 May 1800 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

29 November 1868 , Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

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Benjamin SAVARIA Marguerite PALARDY

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Born: 7 May 1800 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Father: Benjamin SAVARIA

Mother: Marguerite PALARDY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste SAVARIA , Marie-Françoise HAYET dite ST-MALO

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PALARDY , Élisabeth BOUVIER

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Hortense married Theophile SENÉCAL 1 February 1820 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Theophile SENÉCAL was born 3 July 1795 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Theophile died 4 November 1867 in Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada. Theophile was the child of Michel SENÉCAL and Marie-Josephe MONGEAU.

Hortense SAVARIA died 29 November 1868 in Sainte-Rosalie, 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
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Hortense SAVARIA married

Theophile SENÉCAL
Marriage date: 1 February 1820
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada

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Theophile SENÉCAL was the child of Michel SENÉCAL and Marie-Josephe MONGEAU

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Children of Theophile SENÉCAL and Hortense SAVARIA

Theophile SENÉCAL

Born: 14 January 1821, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 8 June 1908, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite-Elmire LUSSIER 7 November 1853 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Hortense SENECAL

Born: 24 February 1829, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 13 April 1915, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Octave FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE 29 September 1846 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Louise-Leocadie SENÉCAL

Born: 8 February 1834, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 22 June 1917, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Calixte PREFONTAINE 30 September 1851 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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Birth — 1800
7 May 1800
Varennes, 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 Marriage / Partner
Hortense SAVARIA and Theophile SENÉCAL 1 February 1820, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 19 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Theophile SENÉCAL was born 14 January 1821, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Hortense was 20 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Hortense SENECAL was born 24 February 1829, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Hortense was 28 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Leocadie SENÉCAL was born 8 February 1834, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Hortense was 33 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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Hortense SENECAL married 29 September 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Octave FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Leocadie SENÉCAL married 30 September 1851, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Calixte PREFONTAINE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Theophile SENÉCAL married 7 November 1853, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Marguerite-Elmire LUSSIER

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.