Michel GERVAIS

(b. 14 September 1787 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 November 1878 , Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Michel GERVAIS was born 14 September 1787 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GERVAIS was the child of Benjamin GERVAIS and Josephte CHEVAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GERVAIS and Madeleine LANGLOIS (maternal) Pierre-François CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Josephe ARCHAMBAULT

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

Michel married Françoise GUERTIN 26 January 1818 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise GUERTIN was born 14 May 1795 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 18 October 1867 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Françoise was the child of Pierre GUERTIN and Marie-Helene CHABOT.

Michel GERVAIS died 23 November 1878 in Saint-Louis de Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel GERVAIS married

Françoise GUERTIN-- Date: 26 January 1818 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Françoise GUERTIN was the child of Pierre GUERTIN and Marie-Helene CHABOT

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Children of Michel GERVAIS and Françoise GUERTIN:

Henriette GERVAIS (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Eusebe CHAUVIN 18 January 1852 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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1787 Birth
14 September 1787
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Michel GERVAIS and Françoise GUERTIN 26 January 1818, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

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

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Henriette GERVAIS married 18 January 1852, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime) to Eusebe CHAUVIN

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

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.