Jules VILLENEUVE

Born

1 August 1816 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 December 1890 , Roberval, Québec, Canada

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Louis VILLENEUVE Marie LESSARD

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Born: 1 August 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis VILLENEUVE

Mother: Marie LESSARD

Paternal grandparents: Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE , Felicite COTE

Maternal grandparents: Georges Ignace LESSARD ZILIAC , Marie-Catherine COUTURIER

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Jules married Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 17 February 1835 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 23 May 1817 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Zenobie died 22 November 1867 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Zenobie was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU.

Jules VILLENEUVE died 12 December 1890 in Roberval, 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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Jules VILLENEUVE married

Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE
Marriage date: 17 February 1835
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite CLAVEAU

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Children of Jules VILLENEUVE and Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Louise VILLENEUVE

Born: 5 May 1846, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 16 December 1929, Roberval, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 26 April 1895

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Birth — 1816
1 August 1816
La Malbaie, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Jules VILLENEUVE and Zenobie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE 17 February 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 18 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Louise VILLENEUVE was born 5 May 1846, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Jules was 29 years old.

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.