Basilisse LEMIEUX

(b. abt. 1808 , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 October 1872 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada )

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Basilisse LEMIEUX was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada

Basilisse LEMIEUX was the child of Ambroise LEMIEUX and Josephte COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume LEMIEUX and Louise MARCOUX (maternal) Etienne COUTURE and Angélique PAQUETTE dite LAVALLEE

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

Basilisse married Michel HENRY (HENRI) 26 July 1831 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel HENRY (HENRI) was born 30 September 1803 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Michel died 6 March 1861 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Michel was the child of Jean-Baptiste HENRI dit JACQUES and Geneviève GOULET.

Basilisse LEMIEUX died 21 October 1872 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Basilisse LEMIEUX married

Michel HENRY (HENRI)-- Date: 26 July 1831 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Michel HENRY (HENRI) was the child of Jean-Baptiste HENRI dit JACQUES and Geneviève GOULET

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Children of Michel HENRY (HENRI) and Basilisse LEMIEUX:

Philomene HENRI (b.10 May 1837, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1916, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Michel TOUSSAINT 17 January 1860 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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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 - 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Basilisse LEMIEUX and Michel HENRY (HENRI) 26 July 1831, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Philomene HENRI was born 10 May 1837, , Québec Province, Canada (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

1860 Marriage of Child
Philomene HENRI married 17 January 1860, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Michel TOUSSAINT

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel HENRY (HENRI) died 6 March 1861, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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.