Marie LESSARD

(b. 20 August 1794 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 22 December 1879 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Marie LESSARD was born 20 August 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Marie LESSARD was the child of Georges Ignace LESSARD ZILIAC and Marie-Catherine COUTURIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) André COUTURIER dit SANSCHAGRIN and Catherine SAVARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Louis VILLENEUVE 1 February 1814 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis VILLENEUVE was born 29 August 1794 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louis died 29 November 1875 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Louis was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE.

Marie LESSARD died 22 December 1879 in Chicoutimi, 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 LESSARD married

Louis VILLENEUVE-- Date: 1 February 1814 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Louis VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE

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Children of Louis VILLENEUVE and Marie LESSARD:

Louis VILLENEUVE (b.2 November 1814, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eleonore DALLAIRE 2 February 1841 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Jules VILLENEUVE (b.1 August 1816, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 12 December 1890, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 17 February 1835 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

François VILLENEUVE (b.18 June 1834, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Philomene HARVEY 20 August 1855 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1794 Birth
20 August 1794
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marie LESSARD and Louis VILLENEUVE 1 February 1814, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She 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)

Marie 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)

Marie was 21 years old.

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

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)

Marie was 39 years old.

1835 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

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 Marriage of Child
Louis VILLENEUVE married 2 February 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Eleonore DALLAIRE

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)

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.

1855 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

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.