Modeste GAMACHE

Born

18 April 1786 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 October 1866 , Montmagny, Canada East

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Jean-François GAMACHE Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE

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Born: 18 April 1786 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-François GAMACHE

Mother: Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAMACHE , Madeleine THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY , Elisabeth METIVIER

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Modeste married Pierre LEMIEUX 6 February 1810 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LEMIEUX was born 6 September 1789 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Pierre died 2 August 1830 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre was the child of Pierre LEMIEUX and Marie Therese D'AMOURS.

Modeste GAMACHE died 28 October 1866 in Montmagny, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Modeste GAMACHE married

Pierre LEMIEUX
Marriage date: 6 February 1810
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
Pierre LEMIEUX was the child of Pierre LEMIEUX and Marie Therese D'AMOURS

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Children of Pierre LEMIEUX and Modeste GAMACHE

Marie-Charlotte-Modeste LEMIEUX

Born: abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste-Edmond PROULX 13 October 1835 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1786
18 April 1786
Montmagny, 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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Modeste GAMACHE and Pierre LEMIEUX 6 February 1810, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 23 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

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre LEMIEUX died 2 August 1830, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1835 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte-Modeste LEMIEUX married 13 October 1835, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jean-Baptiste-Edmond PROULX

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)

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.