flag male ancestor  Louis  VILLENEUVE

  (b. 29 August 1794 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 29 November 1875 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )  

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Louis VILLENEUVE was born 29 August 1794 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Louis VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE   and   Felicite COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (maternal)  Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY

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Louis  married  Marie LESSARD 1 February 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie LESSARD  was born 20 August 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres).  Marie died 22 December 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).  Marie was the child of Georges Ignace LESSARD ZILIAC and Marie-Catherine COUTURIER.

Louis VILLENEUVE died 29 November 1875 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1794 Birth
29 August 1794
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
marriage1814 Marriage / Partner
Louis VILLENEUVE and Marie LESSARD 1 February 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 19 years old.
1814 Birth of Child
Louis VILLENEUVE was born 2 November 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 20 years old.
1816 Birth of Child
Jules VILLENEUVE was born 1 August 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 21 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1834 Birth of Child
François VILLENEUVE was born 18 June 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 39 years old.
marriage1835 Marriage of Child
Jules VILLENEUVE married 17 February 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1841 Marriage of Child
Louis VILLENEUVE married 2 February 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Eleonore DALLAIRE
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1855 Marriage of Child
François VILLENEUVE married 20 August 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Philomene HARVEY
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1875 Death
29 November 1875
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 10/25/2024 2:01:01 PM - Updated: 5/16/2025 4:46:09 PM

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