Louis BELLEY

(b. 20 November 1822 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1876 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )

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Louis BELLEY was born 20 November 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Louis BELLEY was the child of Moise BELLEY and Louise TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY (maternal) Andre TREMBLAY and Anne DESGAGNES

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

Louis married Louise VILLENEUVE 13 August 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise VILLENEUVE was born 14 April 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louise died 13 October 1888 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Louise was the child of Basile VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY.

Louis BELLEY died 12 April 1876 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 Louis BELLEY

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Louis BELLEY married

Louise VILLENEUVE-- Date: 13 August 1844 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Louise VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

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Children of Louis BELLEY and Louise VILLENEUVE:

Marie BELLEY (b.19 August 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East d. 18 October 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY 14 September 1869 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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1822 Birth
20 November 1822
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Louis BELLEY and Louise VILLENEUVE 13 August 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 21 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Marie BELLEY was born 19 August 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Louis was 23 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)

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)

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.