Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Born

8 May 1813 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

4 January 1840 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Hubert POTVIN Marie-Sylvie GRENON

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Born: 8 May 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Hubert POTVIN

Mother: Marie-Sylvie GRENON

Paternal grandparents: Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Marie-Luce SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Henri GRENON , Therese-Dorothee GUAY

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Modeste married Eucher TREMBLAY 10 February 1835 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Eucher TREMBLAY was born 9 January 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Eucher was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Josephe-Madeleine ALLARD.

Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) died 4 January 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN)

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Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) married

Eucher TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 10 February 1835
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Eucher TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Josephe-Madeleine ALLARD

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Children of Eucher TREMBLAY and Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Edouard TREMBLAY

Born: 4 November 1835, La Baie, Lower Canada
Died: 10 March 1908, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise TREMBLAY 17 January 1854 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Henri TREMBLAY

Born: 23 August 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 23 November 1906, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Heloise GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 8 October 1872 Place: Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

Sophie TREMBLAY

Born: 1 August 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 13 February 1923, Roberval, Québec, Canada

Married: Phydime TREMBLAY 22 November 1869 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1813
8 May 1813
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Modeste POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Eucher TREMBLAY 10 February 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Edouard TREMBLAY was born 4 November 1835, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Modeste was 22 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Henri TREMBLAY was born 23 August 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 24 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Sophie TREMBLAY was born 1 August 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 26 years old.