Geneviève ROUSSEL

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28 June 1823 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

7 November 1886 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Pierre ROUSSEL Victoire BILODEAU

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Born: 28 June 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre ROUSSEL

Mother: Victoire BILODEAU

Paternal grandparents: Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL , Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BILODEAU , Madeleine HERVE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Geneviève married Ovide TREMBLAY 24 January 1843 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Ovide TREMBLAY was born 15 November 1822 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Ovide died 19 July 1903 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Ovide was the child of Sauveur TREMBLAY and Charlotte DESGAGNES.

Geneviève ROUSSEL died 7 November 1886 in Les Éboulements, 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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Geneviève ROUSSEL married

Ovide TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 24 January 1843
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Ovide TREMBLAY was the child of Sauveur TREMBLAY and Charlotte DESGAGNES

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Children of Ovide TREMBLAY and Geneviève ROUSSEL

Patrice TREMBLAY

Born: 29 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 17 March 1930, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Zeline DESGAGNES 3 May 1869 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 19 September 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 18 February 1920, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Edmond TREMBLAY

Born: 2 December 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 7 May 1925, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene PERRON 15 January 1883 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eugenie TREMBLAY

Born: 10 April 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 10 January 1876 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre-Sauveur TREMBLAY

Born: 25 May 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Honorine TREMBLAY

Born: 26 August 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 6 July 1900, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 25 March 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 3 December 1862, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Charles-Philias TREMBLAY

Born: 10 December 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 30 September 1860, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Laure TREMBLAY

Born: 20 November 1861, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Honore TREMBLAY 7 August 1888 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Marie-Luce TREMBLAY

Born: 12 June 1865, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1823
28 June 1823
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève ROUSSEL and Ovide TREMBLAY 24 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 19 years old.

1843 Birth of Child
Patrice TREMBLAY was born 29 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 20 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 19 September 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 22 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Edmond TREMBLAY was born 2 December 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 24 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 10 April 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 26 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Pierre-Sauveur TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 28 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Honorine TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 31 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 25 March 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 33 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Charles-Philias TREMBLAY was born 10 December 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 36 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Charles-Philias TREMBLAY died 30 September 1860, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 37 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Laure TREMBLAY was born 20 November 1861, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 38 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Marie TREMBLAY died 3 December 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 39 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Luce TREMBLAY was born 12 June 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève was 41 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Patrice TREMBLAY married 3 May 1869, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Zeline DESGAGNES

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Marriage of Child
Eugenie TREMBLAY married 10 January 1876, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Marriage of Child
Edmond TREMBLAY married 15 January 1883, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Philomene PERRON

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

Death — 1886
7 November 1886
Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 63.

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