Emelie GRENIER

Born

29 November 1840 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1894 , St-Camille, Les Sources, Quebec, Canada

Emelie married Flavien DION 23 November 1858 in Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavien DION was born abt. 1837 in Québec Province, Canada. Flavien died abt. 1895 Flavien was the child of Pierre DION and Marie-Esther LABONTE .

Parents & Family of Emelie GRENIER

Parents of Emelie GRENIER

Father

Charles GRENIER

Mother

Marie Marguerite DESCOTEAUX

Grandparents of Emelie GRENIER

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Emelie GRENIER

Emelie GRENIER married

Flavien DION
Marriage date: 23 November 1858
Marriage place: Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East
Flavien DION was the child of Pierre DION and Marie-Esther LABONTE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Flavien DION and Emelie GRENIER

Flavien DION

Born: abt. 1872, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 March 1933, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Leda BOISVERT 27 January 1896 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1840
29 November 1840
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Emelie GRENIER and Flavien DION 23 November 1858, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)

She was 17 years old.

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.