Marie-Brigitte PARENT

Born

18 January 1780 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 August 1858 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Jacques-Louis PARENT Brigitte NADEAU

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Born: 18 January 1780 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques-Louis PARENT

Mother: Brigitte NADEAU

Paternal grandparents: Etienne PARENT , Marie-Genevieve LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: François-Etienne NADEAU , Marie-Geneviève MARTINEAU

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Marie-Brigitte married Melchior REHEL 4 November 1801 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Melchior REHEL was born 6 November 1782 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Melchior died 18 October 1848 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Melchior was the child of Julien REHEL and Marie-Louise COTE.

Marie-Brigitte PARENT died 18 August 1858 in Rimouski, 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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Spouse & Children of Marie-Brigitte PARENT

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Marie-Brigitte PARENT married

Melchior REHEL
Marriage date: 4 November 1801
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Melchior REHEL was the child of Julien REHEL and Marie-Louise COTE

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Children of Melchior REHEL and Marie-Brigitte PARENT

Euphemie REHEL

Born: 2 October 1805, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 21 July 1843, Rimouski, Canada East

Married: Charles CHOUINARD 28 January 1828 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Julie REHEL

Born: 29 October 1819, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 12 May 1891, Canton-Neigette, Quebec, Canada

Married: Etienne-Napoleon FILION 19 January 1847 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1780
18 January 1780
Sainte-Marie, 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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Brigitte PARENT and Melchior REHEL 4 November 1801, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 21 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Euphemie REHEL was born 2 October 1805, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Brigitte was 25 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Julie REHEL was born 29 October 1819, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Brigitte was 39 years old.

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Euphemie REHEL married 28 January 1828, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Charles CHOUINARD

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)

1843 Death of Child
Euphemie REHEL died 21 July 1843, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Marie-Brigitte was 63 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Julie REHEL married 19 January 1847, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Etienne-Napoleon FILION

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Melchior REHEL died 18 October 1848, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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.

Death — 1858
18 August 1858
Rimouski, Canada East
She died at the age of 78.

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