Georges POTVIN

Born

16 October 1812 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

29 July 1898 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Francois POTVIN Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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Born: 16 October 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Francois POTVIN

Mother: Marie-Anne THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste POITEVIN dit POTVIN , Barbe GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: André THIBAULT , Agathe SIMARD

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Georges married Marie GAUTHIER 5 September 1843 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie GAUTHIER was born 20 October 1824 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 15 July 1907 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of Antoine GONTHIER and Catherine TREMBLAY.

Georges POTVIN died 29 July 1898 in Les Éboulements, 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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Marie GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 5 September 1843
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Marie GAUTHIER was the child of Antoine GONTHIER and Catherine TREMBLAY

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Marie POTVIN

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 December 1890, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 10 January 1871 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Mathilda POTVIN

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 October 1898, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 23 December 1892 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1812
16 October 1812
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)

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Georges POTVIN and Marie GAUTHIER 5 September 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 30 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Marriage of Child
Marie POTVIN married 10 January 1871, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Alexis TREMBLAY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Death of Child
Marie POTVIN died 4 December 1890, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Georges was 78 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 Marriage of Child
Mathilda POTVIN married 23 December 1892, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Alexis TREMBLAY

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1898
29 July 1898
Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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