Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE

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14 March 1807 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

29 January 1880 , Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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François SYLVESTRE Felicite LEBEAU

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Born: 14 March 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Father: François SYLVESTRE

Mother: Felicite LEBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Alexis SYLVESTRE , Genevieve BERARD dite LEPINE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine LEBEAU , Marie-Josephe REMILLARD

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Marie-Geneviève married Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE 12 May 1828 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 8 September 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Alexis-Methode died 12 October 1854 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Alexis-Methode was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE and Genevieve LAFERRIERE.

Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE died 29 January 1880 in Saint-Barthélemy, 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-Geneviève SYLVESTRE married

Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE
Marriage date: 12 May 1828
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE and Genevieve LAFERRIERE

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Children of Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE and Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE

Norbert BERARD

Born: 4 May 1835, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Lower Canada
Died: 11 March 1922, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne VADNAIS 13 August 1861 Place: Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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Birth — 1807
14 March 1807
Saint-Cuthbert, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE and Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE 12 May 1828, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Norbert BERARD was born 4 May 1835, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 28 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)

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE died 12 October 1854, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Norbert BERARD married 13 August 1861, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime) to Marie-Anne VADNAIS

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.