Genevieve GAUDREAU

(b. 5 March 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 29 May 1872 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )

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Genevieve GAUDREAU was born 5 March 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Genevieve GAUDREAU was the child of Joseph GAUDREAU and Marie DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GAUDREAU and Marguerite-Sophie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE (maternal) Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY

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

Genevieve married Louis-Henri LAVOIE 18 January 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis-Henri LAVOIE was born 9 November 1798 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louis-Henri died 7 April 1855 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Louis-Henri was the child of Jean-Marie LAVOIE and Marie DESBIENS.

Genevieve GAUDREAU died 29 May 1872 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Genevieve GAUDREAU

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Genevieve GAUDREAU married

Louis-Henri LAVOIE-- Date: 18 January 1820 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Louis-Henri LAVOIE was the child of Jean-Marie LAVOIE and Marie DESBIENS

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Children of Louis-Henri LAVOIE and Genevieve GAUDREAU:

Alexandrienne LAVOIE (b.17 December 1823, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 31 May 1852, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )
m. Leandre DUCHESNE 14 October 1845 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emerentienne LAVOIE (b.27 September 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1894, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Napoleon TREMBLAY 9 January 1865 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1798 Birth
5 March 1798
La Malbaie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GAUDREAU and Louis-Henri LAVOIE 18 January 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Alexandrienne LAVOIE was born 17 December 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

1835 Birth of Child
Emerentienne LAVOIE was born 27 September 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Genevieve was 37 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 Marriage of Child
Alexandrienne LAVOIE married 14 October 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Leandre DUCHESNE

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

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

1852 Death of Child
Alexandrienne LAVOIE died 31 May 1852, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Genevieve was 54 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Henri LAVOIE died 7 April 1855, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Emerentienne LAVOIE married 9 January 1865, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Napoleon TREMBLAY

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.