Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS

Born

abt. 1800 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 January 1884 , Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS.

Parents

Etienne DESBIENS Madeleine BOUCHARD

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Etienne DESBIENS

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS , Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Marie-Josephte GRENON

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

Jean-Baptiste married Flavie BELLEY 23 April 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Flavie BELLEY was born 1 August 1811 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Flavie died 13 May 1896 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Flavie was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS died 26 January 1884 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.

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.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS

Hide Family & Children

Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS married

Flavie BELLEY
Marriage date: 23 April 1827
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Flavie BELLEY was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and Flavie BELLEY

Adelaide DESBIENS

Born: 6 June 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 14 October 1908, Luskville, Quebec, Canada

Married: Germain TREMBLAY 20 February 1860 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and Flavie BELLEY 23 April 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Adelaide DESBIENS was born 6 June 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Adelaide DESBIENS married 20 February 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Germain TREMBLAY

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.