Pierre HARVEY

Born

17 March 1796 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

14 June 1858 , La Baie, Canada East

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David HARVEY Marie-Louise LEBRETON

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Born: 17 March 1796 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: David HARVEY

Mother: Marie-Louise LEBRETON

Paternal grandparents: Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) , Geneviève SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Henri LEBRETON , Angélique-Francoise BOUCHARD

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Pierre married Genevieve FORTIN 8 February 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve FORTIN was born 7 October 1791 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Genevieve was the child of Augustin FORTIN and Marie-Anne DUCHESNE.

Pierre HARVEY died 14 June 1858 in La Baie, 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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Pierre HARVEY married

Genevieve FORTIN
Marriage date: 8 February 1820
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Genevieve FORTIN was the child of Augustin FORTIN and Marie-Anne DUCHESNE

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Children of Pierre HARVEY and Genevieve FORTIN

Leocadie HARVEY

Born: 17 November 1821, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 June 1895, Buckingham, Québec, Canada

Married: Francois TREMBLAY 14 September 1841 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sara HARVEY

Born: abt. 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 15 August 1842 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1796
17 March 1796
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HARVEY and Genevieve FORTIN 8 February 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Leocadie HARVEY was born 17 November 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre was 25 years old.

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Leocadie HARVEY married 14 September 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Francois TREMBLAY

1842 Marriage of Child
Sara HARVEY married 15 August 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.