Marie-Geneviève GENEREUX

Born

25 May 1785 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 June 1850 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East

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Antoine GENEREUX Marie-Thecle PAQUET

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Born: 25 May 1785 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine GENEREUX

Mother: Marie-Thecle PAQUET

Paternal grandparents: Antoine GENEREUX , Jeanne HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) dite LAFERRIÈRE

Maternal grandparents: Prisque PAQUET , Marie-Thecle NOEL

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Marie-Geneviève married Michel DOUCET 19 February 1805 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel DOUCET was born 10 April 1768 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Michel died 30 March 1837 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Michel was the child of Joseph Charles Elisee DOUCET and Marguerite LANDRY.

Marie-Geneviève GENEREUX died 20 June 1850 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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 GENEREUX married

Michel DOUCET
Marriage date: 19 February 1805
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Michel DOUCET was the child of Joseph Charles Elisee DOUCET and Marguerite LANDRY

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Children of Michel DOUCET and Marie-Geneviève GENEREUX

Julie DOUCET

Born: 2 September 1818, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 4 February 1899, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada

Married: Hospice ROY dit DESJARDINS 12 October 1846 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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Birth — 1785
25 May 1785
Berthierville, 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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève GENEREUX and Michel DOUCET 19 February 1805, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 19 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Julie DOUCET was born 2 September 1818, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Geneviève was 33 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel DOUCET died 30 March 1837, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Julie DOUCET married 12 October 1846, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Hospice ROY dit DESJARDINS

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

Death — 1850
20 June 1850
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East
She died at the age of 65.

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