Jean DESBIENS

Born

7 February 1801 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 November 1866 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

Parents & Family of Jean DESBIENS

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Born: 7 February 1801 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean DESBIENS

Father

Jean-Alexis DESBIENS

Mother

Angelique GAUDREAU

Grandparents of Jean DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents

Étienne DESBIENS Veronique GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents

Jacques GAUDREAU Elisabeth DELAGE

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

Jean married Rosalie TURCOT 17 November 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie TURCOT was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Francois TURCOT and Constance BRISSON.

Jean DESBIENS died 24 November 1866 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean DESBIENS

Jean DESBIENS married

Rosalie TURCOT
Marriage date: 17 November 1829
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Rosalie TURCOT was the child of Francois TURCOT and Constance BRISSON

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean DESBIENS and Rosalie TURCOT

Alexis DESBIENS

Born: 6 October 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1903, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Priscille BRISSON 19 August 1856 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1801
7 February 1801
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 Marriage / Partner
Jean DESBIENS and Rosalie TURCOT 17 November 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 28 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Alexis DESBIENS was born 6 October 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean was 29 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)

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Alexis DESBIENS married 19 August 1856, La Malbaie, Canada East to Priscille BRISSON

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)