Leandre DUCHESNE

(b. 5 July 1823 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 19 July 1879 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Leandre DUCHESNE was born 5 July 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Leandre DUCHESNE was the child of Antoine DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Emerentienne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE and Francoise FILION (maternal) Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Anastasie SAVARD

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

Leandre married Alexandrienne LAVOIE 14 October 1845 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandrienne LAVOIE was born 17 December 1823 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Alexandrienne died 31 May 1852 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Alexandrienne was the child of Louis-Henri LAVOIE and Genevieve GAUDREAU.

Leandre DUCHESNE died 19 July 1879 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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 Leandre DUCHESNE

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Leandre DUCHESNE married

Alexandrienne LAVOIE-- Date: 14 October 1845 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Alexandrienne LAVOIE was the child of Louis-Henri LAVOIE and Genevieve GAUDREAU

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Children of Leandre DUCHESNE and Alexandrienne LAVOIE:

Victorine DUCHESNE (b.23 May 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 14 March 1943, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Denis TREMBLAY 8 August 1882 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1823 Birth
5 July 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Leandre DUCHESNE and Alexandrienne LAVOIE 14 October 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Victorine DUCHESNE was born 23 May 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Leandre was 26 years old.

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

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexandrienne LAVOIE died 31 May 1852, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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.