Marie-Christine THERRIEN

Born

3 April 1788 , La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

2 February 1864 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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René THERRIEN Therese GUAY

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Born: 3 April 1788 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: René THERRIEN

Mother: Therese GUAY

Paternal grandparents: Barthelemi (Barthélémy) THERRIEN , Brigitte SAVARD

Maternal grandparents: Michel GUAY , Marie-Reine BOIVIN

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Marie-Christine married Laurent DUCHESNE 14 May 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent DUCHESNE was born 4 October 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Laurent was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD.

Marie-Christine THERRIEN died 2 February 1864 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Marie-Christine THERRIEN married

Laurent DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 14 May 1810
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Laurent DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD

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Macrine DUCHESNE

Born: 28 April 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 9 February 1847 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1788
3 April 1788
La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Christine THERRIEN and Laurent DUCHESNE 14 May 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 22 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Macrine DUCHESNE was born 28 April 1822, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Christine was 34 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

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
Macrine DUCHESNE married 9 February 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph 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