Virginie CHAGNON

Born

5 November 1830 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

20 February 1886 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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François-Xavier CHAGNON Elisabeth GUERTIN

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Born: 5 November 1830 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Father: François-Xavier CHAGNON

Mother: Elisabeth GUERTIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Pierre-Nolasque CHAGNON , Marguerite-Clothide PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: André-Marie GUERTIN , Elisabeth BEAUDRY

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Virginie married Narcisse NOEL 5 February 1850 in Beloeil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Narcisse NOEL was born 12 August 1823 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Narcisse died 1 March 1916 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Narcisse was the child of Louis NOEL and Marguerite HAMEL.

Virginie CHAGNON died 20 February 1886 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, 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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Virginie CHAGNON married

Narcisse NOEL
Marriage date: 5 February 1850
Marriage place: Beloeil, Canada East
Narcisse NOEL was the child of Louis NOEL and Marguerite HAMEL

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Children of Narcisse NOEL and Virginie CHAGNON

Narcisse NOEL

Born: 21 May 1851, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 28 March 1935, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene ARCHAMBAULT 7 October 1873 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1830
5 November 1830
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Virginie CHAGNON and Narcisse NOEL 5 February 1850, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 19 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Narcisse NOEL was born 21 May 1851, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Virginie was 20 years old.

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.