Rosalie FONTAINE

Born

26 August 1815 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

17 March 1902 , Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Louis FONTAINE Josephte BOISVERT

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Born: 26 August 1815 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Father: Louis FONTAINE

Mother: Josephte BOISVERT

Paternal grandparents: Julien FONTAINE , Marguerite BLANCHET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT , Josephte RAYMOND

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Rosalie married Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 18 October 1831 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was born 2 February 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Alexandre (Alexis) died 14 January 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East. Alexandre (Alexis) was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA.

Rosalie FONTAINE died 17 March 1902 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Rosalie FONTAINE married

Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX
Marriage date: 18 October 1831
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA

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Children of Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Rosalie FONTAINE

Marie DESCÔTEAUX

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Jeanne DESCOTEAUX

Born: 15 May 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Philomene DESCOTEAUX

Born: 25 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Died: 24 August 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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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 — 1815
26 August 1815
Saint-François-du-Lac, 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 - 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
Rosalie FONTAINE and Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 18 October 1831, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 16 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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DESCOTEAUX was born 15 May 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Rosalie was 24 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 14 January 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Philomene DESCOTEAUX was born 25 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Rosalie was 26 years old.

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.