Genevieve KIROUAC

Born

20 November 1823 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1892 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Simon-Alexandre KIROUAC Genevieve LORD

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Born: 20 November 1823 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Simon-Alexandre KIROUAC

Mother: Genevieve LORD

Paternal grandparents: Simon-Alexandre KIROUAC , Elisabeth CHALIFOUR

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Denis LORD , Genevieve BLANCHET

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Genevieve married Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT 16 January 1844 in L'Islet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was born 11 January 1822 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 26 June 1886 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD.

Genevieve KIROUAC died 11 February 1892 in Québec, 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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Genevieve KIROUAC married

Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT
Marriage date: 16 January 1844
Marriage place: L'Islet, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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Clarisse-Alice MALENFANT

Born: 14 January 1848, Québec, Canada East
Died: 2 October 1929, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Sauveur (Samuel) TREMBLAY 1 August 1894 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1823
20 November 1823
L'Islet, Lower Canada

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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve KIROUAC and Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT 16 January 1844, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 20 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Clarisse-Alice MALENFANT was born 14 January 1848, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Genevieve was 24 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.