Marie-Louise ST-DENIS

Born

2 September 1796 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

19 June 1881 , Henryville, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS Catherine FONTAINE

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Born: 2 September 1796 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS

Mother: Catherine FONTAINE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS , Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Francois FONTAINE , Louise MASSY

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Marie-Louise married Etienne CHOINIERE 26 January 1813 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne CHOINIERE was born 26 March 1792 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Etienne died 30 July 1846 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Etienne was the child of Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN and Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE.

Marie-Louise ST-DENIS died 19 June 1881 in Henryville, 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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Marie-Louise ST-DENIS married

Etienne CHOINIERE
Marriage date: 26 January 1813
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Etienne CHOINIERE was the child of Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN and Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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Children of Etienne CHOINIERE and Marie-Louise ST-DENIS

Flavie CHOINIERE

Born: 21 October 1817, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 19 June 1890, Bedford, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 8 May 1838 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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Birth — 1796
2 September 1796
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise ST-DENIS and Etienne CHOINIERE 26 January 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 16 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Flavie CHOINIERE was born 21 October 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Louise was 21 years old.

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Flavie CHOINIERE married 8 May 1838, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Pierre TREMBLAY

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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne CHOINIERE died 30 July 1846, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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.