Agnes POTVIN

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18 March 1806 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

2 June 1876 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Michel POTVIN Josephte SIMARD

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Born: 18 March 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Michel POTVIN

Mother: Josephte SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Michel POITEVIN dit POTVIN , Marie-Josephte SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SIMARD , Ursule DUCHESNE

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Agnes married Joseph GRAVEL 7 November 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph GRAVEL was born 17 May 1805 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Joseph died 18 February 1847 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph was the child of Charles GRAVEL and Geneviève SIMARD.

Agnes POTVIN died 2 June 1876 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Agnes POTVIN married

Joseph GRAVEL
Marriage date: 7 November 1826
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Joseph GRAVEL was the child of Charles GRAVEL and Geneviève SIMARD

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Children of Joseph GRAVEL and Agnes POTVIN

Sarah GRAVEL

Born: 4 March 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1904, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Liberal LAVOIE 29 February 1848 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Eugenie GRAVEL

Born: 12 October 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Faustin BOUCHARD 13 January 1852 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1806
18 March 1806
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Agnes POTVIN and Joseph GRAVEL 7 November 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Sarah GRAVEL was born 4 March 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Agnes was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Eugenie GRAVEL was born 12 October 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Agnes was 26 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)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GRAVEL died 18 February 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1848 Marriage of Child
Sarah GRAVEL married 29 February 1848, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Liberal LAVOIE

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

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Eugenie GRAVEL married 13 January 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Faustin BOUCHARD

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.