Genevieve CORNEAU

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17 August 1798 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

8 November 1859 , Rimouski, Canada East

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Michel CORNEAU Genevieve MOREAU

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Born: 17 August 1798 in Québec, Lower Canada

Father: Michel CORNEAU

Mother: Genevieve MOREAU

Paternal grandparents: Michel CORNEAU , Marie-Anne JOURDAIN

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Andre MOREAU , Marie-Anne LEGRIS

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Genevieve married Etienne FILION 5 November 1822 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne FILION was born 16 February 1800 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Etienne died 8 July 1867 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Etienne was the child of Etienne FILION and Cecile BUSSIERE.

Genevieve CORNEAU died 8 November 1859 in Rimouski, Canada East .
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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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Genevieve CORNEAU married

Etienne FILION
Marriage date: 5 November 1822
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada
Etienne FILION was the child of Etienne FILION and Cecile BUSSIERE

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Children of Etienne FILION and Genevieve CORNEAU

Etienne-Napoleon FILION

Born: 1 September 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 20 June 1889, St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada

Married: Julie REHEL 19 January 1847 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1798
17 August 1798
Québec, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve CORNEAU and Etienne FILION 5 November 1822, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 24 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Etienne-Napoleon FILION was born 1 September 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Genevieve was 25 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Etienne-Napoleon FILION married 19 January 1847, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Julie REHEL

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