Godefroy DESCHENES

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11 March 1835 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

19 October 1884 , St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES Olive LEVESQUE

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Born: 11 March 1835 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

Mother: Olive LEVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE , Marguerite HUDON

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Godefroy married Marie-Celeste PARADIS 6 July 1863 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste PARADIS was born 30 July 1842 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marie-Celeste died 28 February 1902 in Normandin, Maria-Chapdelaine, Québec, Canada. Marie-Celeste was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie-Anastasie PARADIS.

Godefroy DESCHENES died 19 October 1884 in St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Les Etchemins, Quebec, Canada.
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Godefroy DESCHENES married

Marie-Celeste PARADIS
Marriage date: 6 July 1863
Marriage place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Marie-Celeste PARADIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie-Anastasie PARADIS

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Claudia-Victoria DESCHENES

Born: abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 May 1963, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph HUDON 16 August 1892 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1835
11 March 1835
Kamouraska, 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)

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1863 Marriage / Partner
Godefroy DESCHENES and Marie-Celeste PARADIS 6 July 1863, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

He was 28 years old.

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.