Madeleine HARVEY

Born

28 January 1794 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

2 July 1882 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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Dominique HERVE (HARVEY)Madeleine DUFOUR

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Born: 28 January 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Dominique HERVE (HARVEY)

Mother: Madeleine DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Sebastien HERVE , Rosalie-Marie TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel DUFOUR , Madeleine BOISSONNEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Vital DESBIENS 6 October 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Vital DESBIENS was born 5 October 1791 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Vital died 27 April 1861 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Vital was the child of David DESBIENS and Felicite GAUDREAU.

Madeleine HARVEY died 2 July 1882 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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.

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Madeleine HARVEY married

Vital DESBIENS
Marriage date: 6 October 1812
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Vital DESBIENS was the child of David DESBIENS and Felicite GAUDREAU

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Children of Vital DESBIENS and Madeleine HARVEY

Madeleine DESBIENS

Born: 26 October 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 21 March 1907, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph GAGNON 20 November 1838 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Adelaide DESBIENS

Born: 6 May 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 November 1902, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Nazaire-Jean TREMBLAY 18 January 1848 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Genevieve DESBIENS

Born: 22 October 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Toussaint BERGERON 10 February 1846 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Delima DESBIENS

Born: 15 August 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 20 April 1875, St-Épiphane, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 12 April 1853 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1794
28 January 1794
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine HARVEY and Vital DESBIENS 6 October 1812, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 18 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS was born 26 October 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Madeleine was 19 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
Adelaide DESBIENS was born 6 May 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 28 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)

1827 Birth of Child
Genevieve DESBIENS was born 22 October 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 33 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Delima DESBIENS was born 15 August 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Madeleine was 36 years old.

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS married 20 November 1838, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Joseph GAGNON

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Genevieve DESBIENS married 10 February 1846, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Toussaint BERGERON

1848 Marriage of Child
Adelaide DESBIENS married 18 January 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Nazaire-Jean TREMBLAY

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Delima DESBIENS married 12 April 1853, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Vital DESBIENS died 27 April 1861, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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.