Anastasie POITRAS

Born

9 June 1813 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

16 September 1893 , Matane, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Anastasie POITRAS

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Anastasie POITRAS.

Parents

Jean-Baptiste POITRAS Olive MOREAU

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 9 June 1813 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste POITRAS

Mother: Olive MOREAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean POITRAS , Genevieve COUILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MOREAU , Genevieve CARON

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

Anastasie married Basile DUBE 6 October 1845 in Sainte-Luce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Basile DUBE was born 9 April 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Basile was the child of Basile DUBE and Catherine APRIL.

Anastasie POITRAS died 16 September 1893 in Matane, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Anastasie 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 Life of the Average Woman in Mid-19th Century Quebec

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

Spouse & Children of Anastasie POITRAS

Hide Family & Children

Anastasie POITRAS married

Basile DUBE
Marriage date: 6 October 1845
Marriage place: Sainte-Luce, Canada East
Basile DUBE was the child of Basile DUBE and Catherine APRIL

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

Children of Basile DUBE and Anastasie POITRAS

Alexandrine DUBE

Born: 15 February 1853, Matane, Canada East
Died: 24 April 1916, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Prosper TREMBLAY 9 September 1873 Place: Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Anastasie POITRAS.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Anastasie POITRAS.

Hide Life & Records

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

Birth — 1813
9 June 1813
L'Islet, 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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Anastasie POITRAS and Basile DUBE 6 October 1845, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

She was 32 years old.

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

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

1853 Birth of Child
Alexandrine DUBE was born 15 February 1853, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Anastasie was 39 years old.

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.