Joseph-Marie DESBIENS

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13 September 1801 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

25 December 1875 , Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

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Etienne DESBIENS Felicite SAVARD

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Born: 13 September 1801 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DESBIENS

Mother: Felicite SAVARD

Paternal grandparents: Etienne DESBIENS , Francoise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: François-Louis SAVARD , Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

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Joseph-Marie married Adrienne DUFOUR 11 November 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adrienne DUFOUR was born 7 April 1806 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Adrienne died 30 September 1833 in Sainte-Agnès, Saguenay, Québec, Canada. Adrienne was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Genevieve CHOUINARD.

Joseph-Marie DESBIENS died 25 December 1875 in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada .
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Joseph-Marie DESBIENS married

Adrienne DUFOUR
Marriage date: 11 November 1823
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Adrienne DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Genevieve CHOUINARD

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Children of Joseph-Marie DESBIENS and Adrienne DUFOUR

Adelina DESBIENS

Born: 26 June 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Romuald GAUTHIER 16 May 1852 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1801
13 September 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie DESBIENS and Adrienne DUFOUR 11 November 1823, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Adelina DESBIENS was born 26 June 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph-Marie was 25 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adrienne DUFOUR died 30 September 1833, Sainte-Agnès, Saguenay, Québec, 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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Adelina DESBIENS married 16 May 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Romuald GAUTHIER

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.