Marguerite DENONCOURT

Born

17 November 1815 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

21 July 1870 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

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Born: 17 November 1815 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Marguerite married Moise (Moyse) LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE 13 February 1844 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . Moise (Moyse) LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE was born 18 July 1816 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Moise (Moyse) died 14 December 1891 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Moise (Moyse) was the child of Francois LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE and Marie-Anne CAYA.

Marguerite DENONCOURT died 21 July 1870 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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
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Moise (Moyse) LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE
Marriage date: 13 February 1844
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
Moise (Moyse) LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE was the child of Francois LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE and Marie-Anne CAYA

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Birth — 1815
17 November 1815
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DENONCOURT and Moise (Moyse) LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE 13 February 1844, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

She was 28 years old.

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.