Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR

Born

30 November 1801 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

14 January 1868 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

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Etienne LEVASSEUR Angélique MICHAUD

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Born: 30 November 1801 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne LEVASSEUR

Mother: Angélique MICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Timothee LEVASSEUR , Marie-Claire NADEAU

Maternal grandparents: Antoine MICHAUD , Angélique MIVILLE

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Marie-Anne married Romain MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 19 July 1824 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Romain MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 3 June 1803 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Romain died 18 February 1884 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Romain was the child of Charles-Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe PELLETIER.

Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR died 14 January 1868 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada .
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Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR married

Romain MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES
Marriage date: 19 July 1824
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Romain MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles-Joseph MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe PELLETIER

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Birth — 1801
30 November 1801
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR and Romain MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 19 July 1824, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 22 years old.

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.

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.