Louise VILLENEUVE

Born

14 April 1827 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

13 October 1888 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Basile VILLENEUVE Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

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Born: 14 April 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Basile VILLENEUVE

Mother: Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE , Felicite COTE

Maternal grandparents: Alexis TREMBLAY , Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

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Louise married Louis BELLEY 13 August 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis BELLEY was born 20 November 1822 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louis died 12 April 1876 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Louis was the child of Moise BELLEY and Louise TREMBLAY.

Louise VILLENEUVE died 13 October 1888 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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Louise VILLENEUVE married

Louis BELLEY
Marriage date: 13 August 1844
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Louis BELLEY was the child of Moise BELLEY and Louise TREMBLAY

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Children of Louis BELLEY and Louise VILLENEUVE

Marie BELLEY

Born: 19 August 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 18 October 1924, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY 14 September 1869 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1827
14 April 1827
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

She was 17 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)

Louise was 19 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.