Opportune GUY

Born

23 July 1803 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

25 September 1847 , Saint-Pie, Canada East

Parents & Family of Opportune GUY

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Born: 23 July 1803 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Parents of Opportune GUY

Father

Germain GUY

Mother

Josephte PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

Grandparents of Opportune GUY

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GUY Madeleine BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE Rosalie LEBEL

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

Opportune married Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE 30 January 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE was born 9 August 1782 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Denis DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE and Elisabeth MARTIN.

Opportune GUY died 25 September 1847 in Saint-Pie, Canada East.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Opportune GUY

Opportune GUY married

Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE
Marriage date: 30 January 1826
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE was the child of Denis DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE and Elisabeth MARTIN

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE and Opportune GUY

Eleonore DENONVILLE

Born: 7 January 1835, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1884, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada

Married: Godefroy GENDREAU 2 February 1852 Place: Saint-Pie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1803
23 July 1803
La Pocatière, 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 Marriage / Partner
Opportune GUY and Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE 30 January 1826, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 22 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Eleonore DENONVILLE was born 7 January 1835, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Opportune was 31 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

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)