Eleonore POTVIN

(b. 17 August 1822 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1891 , Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )

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Eleonore POTVIN was born 17 August 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Eleonore POTVIN was the child of Michel-Archange POTVIN and Marie-Ursule LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD (maternal) Damase LAVOIE and Ursule FILION

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

Eleonore married Philibert TREMBLAY 5 August 1850 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Philibert TREMBLAY was born abt. 1819 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Philibert died 22 October 1906 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi). Philibert was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU.

Eleonore POTVIN died 18 January 1891 in Chicoutimi-Nord, 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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Family and Children of Eleonore POTVIN

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Eleonore POTVIN married

Philibert TREMBLAY-- Date: 5 August 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Philibert TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU

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Children of Philibert TREMBLAY and Eleonore POTVIN:

Louise TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Cedulie TREMBLAY (b.3 May 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 9 January 1922, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )
m. Eucher TREMBLAY 27 August 1877 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Charles TREMBLAY (b.4 October 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 18 September 1936, Saint-Honoré, Saguenay, Québec, Canada)
m. Alexina JEAN 5 August 1873 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)

Delima TREMBLAY (b.4 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 1 May 1915, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )

Marie-Anne TREMBLAY (b.26 August 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )

Nolasse "Jack" TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 July 1935, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada)

Pierre TREMBLAY (b.31 January 1860, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )

Benjamin TREMBLAY (b.7 May 1862, Chicoutimi-Nord, Canada East d. , )

Wilfred TREMBLAY (b.3 January 1864, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )
m. Georgianna TREMBLAY 14 January 1906 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1822 Birth
17 August 1822
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Eleonore POTVIN and Philibert TREMBLAY 5 August 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 27 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Cedulie TREMBLAY was born 3 May 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eleonore was 28 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 4 October 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eleonore was 30 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Delima TREMBLAY was born 4 August 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Eleonore was 32 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.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Eleonore was 36 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 31 January 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Eleonore was 37 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 7 May 1862, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)

Eleonore was 39 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Wilfred TREMBLAY was born 3 January 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Eleonore 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.