Alexis DESBIENS

Born

6 October 1830 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 January 1903 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Alexis DESBIENS

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Born: 6 October 1830 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Alexis DESBIENS

Father

Jean DESBIENS

Mother

Rosalie TURCOT

Grandparents of Alexis DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Alexis DESBIENS Angelique GAUDREAU

Maternal grandparents

Francois TURCOT Constance BRISSON

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

Alexis married Priscille BRISSON 19 August 1856 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Priscille BRISSON was born 21 August 1841 in La Malbaie, Canada East . Priscille died 23 September 1873 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada . Priscille was the child of Bernard BRISSON and Elisabeth BERGERON.

Alexis DESBIENS died 24 January 1903 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis DESBIENS

Alexis DESBIENS married

Priscille BRISSON
Marriage date: 19 August 1856
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Priscille BRISSON was the child of Bernard BRISSON and Elisabeth BERGERON

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

Children of Alexis DESBIENS and Priscille BRISSON

Josephte DESBIENS

Born: 18 September 1853, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 13 December 1922, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Gonzague TREMBLAY 12 February 1872 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1830
6 October 1830
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

1853 Birth of Child
Josephte DESBIENS was born 18 September 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Alexis was 22 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Alexis DESBIENS and Priscille BRISSON 19 August 1856, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

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.

1872 Marriage of Child
Josephte DESBIENS married 12 February 1872, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada to Gonzague TREMBLAY

1873 Death of Spouse/Partner
Priscille BRISSON died 23 September 1873, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

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