Louis-Denis HARVEY

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abt. 1801 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

3 September 1887 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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David HARVEY Marie-Louise LEBRETON

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Born: abt. 1801 in Québec Province, 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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Louis-Denis married Genevieve AUDET dite LAPOINTE 28 November 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 4 September 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Genevieve died 23 June 1894 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Genevieve was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephte RAYMOND.

Louis-Denis HARVEY died 3 September 1887 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louis-Denis HARVEY married

Genevieve AUDET dite LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 28 November 1826
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Genevieve AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephte RAYMOND

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Emerentienne HARVEY

Born: 23 May 1829, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 16 January 1917, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Cyrille TREMBLAY 7 September 1847 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Denis HARVEY and Genevieve AUDET dite LAPOINTE 28 November 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Emerentienne HARVEY was born 23 May 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne HARVEY married 7 September 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Cyrille TREMBLAY

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.