Genevieve LAPOINTE

Born

abt. 1827 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

6 October 1893 , St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada

Parents & Family of Genevieve LAPOINTE

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Born: abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Genevieve LAPOINTE

Father

Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE

Mother

Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Genevieve LAPOINTE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-Joseph-Andre AUDET dit LAPOINTE Felicite BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD Marie DUFOUR

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

Genevieve married Joseph DESBIENS 11 January 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DESBIENS was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada. Joseph died 16 December 1895 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada. Joseph was the child of François DESBIENS and Suzanne GUÉRIN.

Genevieve LAPOINTE died 6 October 1893 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Genevieve LAPOINTE

Genevieve LAPOINTE married

Joseph DESBIENS
Marriage date: 11 January 1848
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Joseph DESBIENS was the child of François DESBIENS and Suzanne GUÉRIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph DESBIENS and Genevieve LAPOINTE

Marie DESBIENS

Born: abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin TREMBLAY 24 March 1890 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve LAPOINTE and Joseph DESBIENS 11 January 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.