David DESBIENS

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27 November 1799 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

3 September 1880 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

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David DESBIENS Felicite GAUDREAU

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Born: 27 November 1799 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: David DESBIENS

Mother: Felicite GAUDREAU

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Veronique GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques GAUDREAU , Elisabeth DELAGE

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David married Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 16 February 1830 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was born 25 May 1807 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Theotiste died 3 September 1848 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Theotiste was the child of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE.

David DESBIENS died 3 September 1880 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES)
Marriage date: 16 February 1830
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) was the child of Louis DEMEULES (DESMEULES) and Emerentienne LAJOIE

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Children of David DESBIENS and Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Felicite DESBIENS

Born: 1 December 1833, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Epiphane TREMBLAY 21 January 1862 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1799
27 November 1799
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 - 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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 Marriage / Partner
David DESBIENS and Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) 16 February 1830, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 30 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Felicite DESBIENS was born 1 December 1833, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

David was 34 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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Theotiste DEMEULES (DESMEULES) died 3 September 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Felicite DESBIENS married 21 January 1862, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Epiphane 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.