Genevieve CÔTÉ

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abt. 1774 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

22 October 1875 , Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

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Gabriel-Ange CÔTÉ Elisabeth VAILLANCOURT

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Born: abt. 1774 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gabriel-Ange CÔTÉ

Mother: Elisabeth VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel CÔTÉ , Marie-Madeleine LEBEL

Maternal grandparents: Joseph VAILLANCOURT , Thérèse MARTIN

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Genevieve married Louis SAINDON 17 November 1794 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis SAINDON was born 30 March 1765 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Louis died 15 November 1843 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Louis was the child of Louis SAINDON and Madeleine THIBODEAU.

Genevieve CÔTÉ died 22 October 1875 in Rivière-du-Loup, 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.

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Genevieve CÔTÉ married

Louis SAINDON
Marriage date: 17 November 1794
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Louis SAINDON was the child of Louis SAINDON and Madeleine THIBODEAU

Children of Louis SAINDON and Genevieve CÔTÉ

Suzanne SAINDON

Born: 14 December 1799, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Died: 9 March 1871, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine-Philippe LEBEL 22 October 1833 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Elie SAINDON

Born: 18 February 1804, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Died: 18 March 1848, Cacouna, Canada East

Married: Marie-Julie THIBAULT 24 February 1835 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve CÔTÉ and Louis SAINDON 17 November 1794, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

1799 Birth of Child
Suzanne SAINDON was born 14 December 1799, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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

1804 Birth of Child
Elie SAINDON was born 18 February 1804, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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)

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Suzanne SAINDON married 22 October 1833, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice) to Antoine-Philippe LEBEL

1835 Marriage of Child
Elie SAINDON married 24 February 1835, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Julie THIBAULT

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis SAINDON died 15 November 1843, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Death of Child
Elie SAINDON died 18 March 1848, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

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.