Emilie DESBIENS

Born

18 September 1816 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

15 December 1875 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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François DESBIENS Suzanne GUÉRIN

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Born: 18 September 1816 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: François DESBIENS

Mother: Suzanne GUÉRIN

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

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE , Marie BOUDREAU

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Emilie married Ambroise GAGNON 28 August 1838 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ambroise GAGNON was born 7 December 1803 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Ambroise died 23 August 1886 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Ambroise was the child of Jean-François GAGNON and Modeste TREMBLAY.

Emilie DESBIENS died 15 December 1875 in Les Éboulements, 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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Emilie DESBIENS married

Ambroise GAGNON
Marriage date: 28 August 1838
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Ambroise GAGNON was the child of Jean-François GAGNON and Modeste TREMBLAY

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Children of Ambroise GAGNON and Emilie DESBIENS

Arthemise GAGNON

Born: abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre TREMBLAY 23 June 1856 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Demerise GAGNON

Born: 31 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 11 May 1933, St-Fidele, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 27 January 1863 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1816
18 September 1816
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)

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Emilie DESBIENS and Ambroise GAGNON 28 August 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 21 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Demerise GAGNON was born 31 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Emilie was 27 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Arthemise GAGNON married 23 June 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Alexandre TREMBLAY

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Demerise GAGNON married 27 January 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph 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.