Madeleine VILLENEUVE

Born

25 March 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

5 December 1881 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Madeleine VILLENEUVE

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Born: 25 March 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Madeleine VILLENEUVE

Father

Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE

Mother

Felicite COTE

Grandparents of Madeleine VILLENEUVE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents

Joseph COTE Dorothee TREMBLAY

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

Madeleine married Alexis BERGERON 6 February 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis BERGERON was born 21 May 1796 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Alexis died 27 March 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Alexis was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR.

Madeleine VILLENEUVE died 5 December 1881 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine VILLENEUVE

Madeleine VILLENEUVE married

Alexis BERGERON
Marriage date: 6 February 1815
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Alexis BERGERON was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR

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Children of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine VILLENEUVE

Alexis BERGERON

Born: 17 September 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 26 April 1872, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Leocadie BOIVIN 5 February 1850 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Elisabeth BERGERON

Born: 8 November 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 15 August 1848 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 — 1798
25 March 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine VILLENEUVE and Alexis BERGERON 6 February 1815, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 16 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Alexis BERGERON was born 17 September 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 26 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BERGERON was born 8 November 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BERGERON married 15 August 1848, La Malbaie, Canada East to Joseph TREMBLAY

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Alexis BERGERON married 5 February 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Leocadie BOIVIN

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.

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.

1872 Death of Child
Alexis BERGERON died 26 April 1872, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Madeleine was 74 years old.

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

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)

1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexis BERGERON died 27 March 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Death — 1881
5 December 1881
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 83.

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