Joseph GUAY

Born

8 July 1786 , La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 December 1869 , St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada

Joseph married Marie BERGERON 13 October 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BERGERON was born 15 March 1793 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Marie died 11 August 1865 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada. Marie was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR .

Parents & Family of Joseph GUAY

Parents of Joseph GUAY

Father

Josse-Joseph GUAY

Mother

Genevieve MALTAIS

Grandparents of Joseph GUAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Jean GUAY Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS Marie-Josephte GAGNON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph GUAY

Joseph GUAY married

Marie BERGERON
Marriage date: 13 October 1812
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Joseph GUAY and Marie BERGERON
Marie BERGERON was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR

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

Children of Joseph GUAY and Marie BERGERON

Justine GUAY

Born: 11 December 1813, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 21 December 1896, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Ambroise TREMBLAY 7 August 1855 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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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 — 1786
8 July 1786
La Malbaie, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GUAY and Marie BERGERON 13 October 1812, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Justine GUAY was born 11 December 1813, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 27 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.

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 - 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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Justine GUAY married 7 August 1855, La Malbaie, Canada East to Ambroise TREMBLAY

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BERGERON died 11 August 1865, St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada

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.