Geneviève DESBIENS

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23 December 1805 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

19 October 1860 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Louis DESBIENS Marie GAGNON

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Born: 23 December 1805 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis DESBIENS

Mother: Marie GAGNON

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

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GAGNON , Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY)

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Geneviève married Alexandre HOULE 19 August 1834 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexandre HOULE was born 28 October 1808 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Alexandre was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Pelagie TREMBLAY.

Geneviève DESBIENS died 19 October 1860 in Chicoutimi, 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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Geneviève DESBIENS married

Alexandre HOULE
Marriage date: 19 August 1834
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Alexandre HOULE was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Pelagie TREMBLAY

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Children of Alexandre HOULE and Geneviève DESBIENS

Angele HOULE

Born: 9 February 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1930, Danville, Richmond, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 12 January 1864 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1805
23 December 1805
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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève DESBIENS and Alexandre HOULE 19 August 1834, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Angele HOULE was born 9 February 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 39 years old.

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)