Marthe DESBIENS

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29 May 1800 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

27 October 1865 , Laterrière, Canada East

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Louis DESBIENS Marie GAGNON

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Born: 29 May 1800 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis DESBIENS

Mother: Marie GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie DESBIENS , Anne-Louise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GAGNON , Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY)

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Marthe married Joseph HARVEY 8 November 1825 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph HARVEY was born 16 March 1794 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 10 December 1890 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Joseph was the child of David HARVEY and Marie-Louise LEBRETON.

Marthe DESBIENS died 27 October 1865 in Laterrière, Canada East.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Marthe DESBIENS married

Joseph HARVEY
Marriage date: 8 November 1825
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Joseph HARVEY was the child of David HARVEY and Marie-Louise LEBRETON

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Marie HARVEY

Born: 29 July 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marcel TREMBLAY 30 October 1849 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1800
29 May 1800
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Marthe DESBIENS and Joseph HARVEY 8 November 1825, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 25 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
Marie HARVEY was born 29 July 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marthe was 30 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

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)

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Marie HARVEY married 30 October 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marcel TREMBLAY

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)