Jean-Alexis DESBIENS

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7 October 1770 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 August 1823 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Étienne DESBIENS Veronique GONTHIER

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Born: 7 October 1770 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Étienne DESBIENS

Mother: Veronique GONTHIER

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Marie-Dorothee TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis GONTHIER , Geneviève GAGNÉ

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Jean-Alexis married Angelique GAUDREAU 23 January 1792 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angelique GAUDREAU was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 6 September 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Angelique was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Elisabeth DELAGE.

Jean-Alexis DESBIENS died 18 August 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower 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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Jean-Alexis DESBIENS married

Angelique GAUDREAU
Marriage date: 23 January 1792
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Angelique GAUDREAU was the child of Jacques GAUDREAU and Elisabeth DELAGE

Children of Jean-Alexis DESBIENS and Angelique GAUDREAU

Madeleine DESBIENS

Born: 30 January 1795, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis DUPERE 9 February 1813 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean DESBIENS

Born: 7 February 1801, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 November 1866, Chicoutimi, Canada East

Married: Rosalie TURCOT 17 November 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1770
7 October 1770
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Alexis DESBIENS and Angelique GAUDREAU 23 January 1792, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 21 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Birth of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS was born 30 January 1795, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Alexis was 24 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Jean DESBIENS was born 7 February 1801, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Alexis was 30 years old.

1813 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DESBIENS married 9 February 1813, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis DUPERE

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