Virginie BARRETTE

Born

18 April 1822 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 February 1853 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Basile BARRETTE Marie TREMBLAY

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Born: 18 April 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Basile BARRETTE

Mother: Marie TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Basile BARRETTE , Marguerite SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Urbain TREMBLAY , Dorothee GONTHIER

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Virginie married Dosithee TREMBLAY 21 October 1845 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dosithee TREMBLAY was born 28 May 1823 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Dosithee died 15 May 1889 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Dosithee was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Constance CLAVEAU.

Virginie BARRETTE died 22 February 1853 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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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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Virginie BARRETTE married

Dosithee TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 21 October 1845
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Dosithee TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Constance CLAVEAU

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Children of Dosithee TREMBLAY and Virginie BARRETTE

Malvina TREMBLAY

Born: March 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 January 1928, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
18 April 1822
La Malbaie, 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
Virginie BARRETTE and Dosithee TREMBLAY 21 October 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 23 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Malvina TREMBLAY was born March 1850, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Virginie was 27 years old.

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