Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER

Born

6 January 1792 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

9 May 1881 , Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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Pierre GRENIER Desanges BRAZEAU

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Born: 6 January 1792 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre GRENIER

Mother: Desanges BRAZEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) , Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU , Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

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Marie-Anne-Jeanne married Jean-Basile RICHARD 2 February 1818 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Basile RICHARD was born 29 May 1796 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Basile died 29 June 1880 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada. Jean-Basile was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF.

Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER died 9 May 1881 in Saint-Hugues, 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
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Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER married

Jean-Basile RICHARD
Marriage date: 2 February 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean-Basile RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF

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Children of Jean-Basile RICHARD and Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER

Marie-Anne RICHARD

Born: 1 December 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 24 April 1894,

Married: Augustin PHANEUF 2 February 1836 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Desanges RICHARD

Born: 7 September 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 12 April 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Toussaint CHAINE (CHENET) 31 January 1843 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Basile RICHARD

Born: 17 February 1824, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 23 August 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1792
6 January 1792
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER and Jean-Basile RICHARD 2 February 1818, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER - 1818 marriage (part 1)

1818 marriage (part 1)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER - 1818 marriage (part 2)

1818 marriage (part 2)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1819 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD was born 1 December 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne-Jeanne was 27 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD was born 7 September 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne-Jeanne was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Basile RICHARD was born 17 February 1824, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne-Jeanne was 32 years old.

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

1836 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD married 2 February 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Augustin PHANEUF

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD married 31 January 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Toussaint CHAINE (CHENET)

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.

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

1859 Death of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD died 12 April 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne-Jeanne was 67 years old.

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.