Louis CHENIER

Born

13 January 1790 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 September 1868 , Papineauville, Quebec, Canada

Louis married Marie-Desanges BRUNET 17 January 1814 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Desanges BRUNET was born abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Desanges was the child of Paul-Amable BRUNET dit BOURBONNAIS and Josephe LALONDE .

Parents & Family of Louis CHENIER

Parents of Louis CHENIER

Father

Joseph CHENIER

Mother

Marie-Rose BRABANT

Grandparents of Louis CHENIER

Paternal grandparents

Julien CHENIER Marie-Josephe PILET

Maternal grandparents

Augustin-Francois BRABANT dit LAMOTHE Marie LALONDE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis CHENIER

Louis CHENIER married

Marie-Desanges BRUNET
Marriage date: 17 January 1814
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Marie-Desanges BRUNET was the child of Paul-Amable BRUNET dit BOURBONNAIS and Josephe LALONDE

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

Children of Louis CHENIER and Marie-Desanges BRUNET

Denise CHENIER

Born: 29 May 1822, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Severe LEGER dit PARISIEN 11 January 1842 Place: Vaudreuil, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1790
13 January 1790
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Louis CHENIER and Marie-Desanges BRUNET 17 January 1814, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 24 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Denise CHENIER was born 29 May 1822, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Louis was 32 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)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Denise CHENIER married 11 January 1842, Vaudreuil, Canada East to Severe LEGER dit PARISIEN

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.