Amable DESAUTELS

Born

17 November 1768 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 December 1858 , Montréal, Canada East

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Etienne DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE Catherine PRUD'HOMME

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Born: 17 November 1768 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

Mother: Catherine PRUD'HOMME

Paternal grandparents: Gilbert DESAUTELS , Charlotte ETIENNE

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Xavier PRUD'HOMME , Marie-Anne COURAULT

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Amable married Marie-Marguerite DAVID 5 November 1792 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite DAVID was born 9 September 1776 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite died 7 August 1851 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAVID and Marie-Madeleine CHARTRAND.

Amable DESAUTELS died 31 December 1858 in Montréal, 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.

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Amable DESAUTELS married

Marie-Marguerite DAVID
Marriage date: 5 November 1792
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite DAVID was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAVID and Marie-Madeleine CHARTRAND

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Sault-au-Récollet

Children of Amable DESAUTELS and Marie-Marguerite DAVID

Joseph DESAUTELS

Born: 1 January 1808, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 April 1877, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Angele THEMENS 4 February 1828 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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Birth — 1768
17 November 1768
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Amable DESAUTELS and Marie-Marguerite DAVID 5 November 1792, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

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

1808 Birth of Child
Joseph DESAUTELS was born 1 January 1808, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Amable was 39 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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESAUTELS married 4 February 1828, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Angele THEMENS

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)

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)

1851 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite DAVID died 7 August 1851, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.

Death — 1858
31 December 1858
Montréal, Canada East
He died at the age of 90.

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