Judith POTVIN

Born

22 September 1800 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

14 August 1896 , Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN)Scholastique THIBAULT

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Born: 22 September 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN)

Mother: Scholastique THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph POITEVIN dit POTVIN , Marie-Rose GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: André THIBAULT , Agathe SIMARD

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Judith married Sauveur ST-GELAIS 28 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sauveur ST-GELAIS was born 15 March 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Sauveur died 26 July 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Sauveur was the child of Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY.

Judith POTVIN died 14 August 1896 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada.
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Sauveur ST-GELAIS
Marriage date: 28 November 1815
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Sauveur ST-GELAIS was the child of Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Children of Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN

Adolphe ST-GELAIS

Born: 17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine COTE 2 May 1848 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Ambroise ST-GELAIS

Born: 24 July 1832, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 9 October 1919, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise COTE 3 September 1855 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Marie ST-GELAIS

Born: 3 April 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 6 April 1933, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY 16 February 1863 Place: Laterrière, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1800
22 September 1800
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1815 Marriage / Partner
Judith POTVIN and Sauveur ST-GELAIS 28 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

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)

1824 Birth of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS was born 17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Judith was 23 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Ambroise ST-GELAIS was born 24 July 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Judith was 31 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS was born 3 April 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Judith was 42 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS married 2 May 1848, La Baie, Canada East to Madeleine COTE

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Ambroise ST-GELAIS married 3 September 1855, La Baie, Canada East to Marie-Louise COTE

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
Marie ST-GELAIS married 16 February 1863, Laterrière, Canada East to Francois-Guillaume 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.