Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

Born

5 October 1774 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 June 1865 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

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Born: 5 October 1774 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR

Mother: Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR , Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Francois BILLY dit COURVILLE , Madeleine PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL

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Marie-Josephe married Modeste LEVASSEUR 20 July 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste LEVASSEUR was born 9 November 1773 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Modeste died 26 January 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Modeste was the child of Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE.

Marie-Josephe DESHAIES died 10 June 1865 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Modeste LEVASSEUR
Marriage date: 20 July 1795
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Modeste LEVASSEUR was the child of Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE

Children of Modeste LEVASSEUR and Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

Louise VASSEUR

Born: 8 January 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 22 March 1900, Belle Prairie, Minnesota, USA

Married: Jean DOUCET 14 February 1820 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1774
5 October 1774
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES and Modeste LEVASSEUR 20 July 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 20 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Louise VASSEUR was born 8 January 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephe was 28 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

1820 Marriage of Child
Louise VASSEUR married 14 February 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Jean DOUCET

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

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Modeste LEVASSEUR died 26 January 1840, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1865
10 June 1865
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
She died at the age of 90.

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