Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Born

19 May 1783 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 April 1874 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Sylvie GRENON

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Born: 19 May 1783 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Father

Henri GRENON

Mother

Therese-Dorothee GUAY

Grandparents of Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GRENON Marie-Dorothee FORTIN

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Jean GUAY Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

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

Marie-Sylvie married Hubert POTVIN 1 August 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hubert POTVIN was born 15 May 1781 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Hubert died 19 January 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Hubert was the child of Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD.

Marie-Sylvie GRENON died 28 April 1874 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Marie-Sylvie GRENON married

Hubert POTVIN
Marriage date: 1 August 1803
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Hubert POTVIN was the child of Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Hubert POTVIN and Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Born: 8 May 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Eucher TREMBLAY 10 February 1835 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1783
19 May 1783
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Sylvie GRENON and Hubert POTVIN 1 August 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) was born 8 May 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Sylvie was 29 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)

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

1835 Marriage of Child
Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) married 10 February 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada to Eucher TREMBLAY

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

1840 Death of Child
Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) died 4 January 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Sylvie was 56 years old.

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hubert POTVIN died 19 January 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

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.