Louis DESBIENS

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19 January 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 December 1853 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Etienne DESBIENS Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Born: 19 January 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DESBIENS

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS , Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Marie-Josephte GRENON

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Louis married Christine HARVEY 14 February 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christine HARVEY was born abt. 1798 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Christine died 21 August 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Christine was the child of Michel HERVE (HARVEY) and Marie-Madeleine COTE.

Louis DESBIENS died 22 December 1853 in La Malbaie, 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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Christine HARVEY
Marriage date: 14 February 1820
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Christine HARVEY was the child of Michel HERVE (HARVEY) and Marie-Madeleine COTE

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Children of Louis DESBIENS and Christine HARVEY

Marguerite DESBIENS

Born: 24 October 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 14 March 1913, St-Gédéon, Canada

Married: Francois TREMBLAY 19 February 1844 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1798
19 January 1798
La Malbaie, 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
Louis DESBIENS and Christine HARVEY 14 February 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESBIENS was born 24 October 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis 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

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Christine HARVEY died 21 August 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESBIENS married 19 February 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Francois TREMBLAY

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.

Death — 1853
22 December 1853
La Malbaie, Canada East
He died at the age of 55.

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