Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX

(b. 12 May 1833 , Ste-Mélanie, Lower Canada d. 3 December 1873 , Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX was born 12 May 1833 in Ste-Mélanie, Lower Canada

Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX was the child of Benoit GENEREUX and Flavie LECLERC

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

Marie-Cléophée married Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) 6 November 1855 in Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) was born 13 January 1833 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Leon died 5 August 1905 in Ste-Béatrix, Québec, Canada. Leon was the child of François GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Rose PRUD'HOMME.

Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX died 3 December 1873 in Sainte-Béatrix, 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
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX married

Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE)-- Date: 6 November 1855 Place: Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

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Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) was the child of François GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Rose PRUD'HOMME

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Children of Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) and Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX:

Azilda GOYETTE (b.6 December 1850, Sainte-Béatrix, Canada East d. 2 June 1939, )

Napoleon GOYETTE (b.27 November 1858, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada d. 5 August 1919, Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec, Canada)

Adélard GOYETTE (b.9 September 1860, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada d. 20 June 1933, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada)
m. Sophie BRUNEAU

Aurore GOYETTE dite DESCHENES (b.15 April 1866, Sainte-Béatrix, Canada East d. 13 August 1940, Morinville, Alberta, Canada)

Olympe GOYETTE (b.19 December 1868, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada d. 21 December 1959, Joliette, Québec, Canada )

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1833 Birth
12 May 1833
Ste-Mélanie, Lower Canada

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Azilda GOYETTE was born 6 December 1850, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada (St-Beatrix)

Marie-Cléophée was 17 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Cléophée GÉNÉREUX and Leon GOGUET (GOYETTE) 6 November 1855, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Napoleon GOYETTE was born 27 November 1858, Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Cléophée was 25 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Adélard GOYETTE was born 9 September 1860, Sainte-Mélanie, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Cléophée was 27 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Aurore GOYETTE dite DESCHENES was born 15 April 1866, Sainte-Béatrix, Québec, Canada (St-Beatrix)

Marie-Cléophée was 32 years old.

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.