flag female ancestor  Marie-Genevieve  MALENFANT

  (b. 11 February 1815 L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada   d. 19 January 1888 Amqui, Canada )  

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Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT was born 11 February 1815 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT was the child of Guillaume MALENFANT   and   Angelique SIMON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Geneviève MICHAUD (maternal)  Michel SIMON and Marie-Anne DUBE

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Marie-Genevieve  married  Magloire MARTEL 16 January 1844 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Magloire MARTEL  was born 20 October 1822 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges).  Magloire died 25 August 1857 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges).  Magloire was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT.

Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT died 19 January 1888 in Amqui, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT married flag male ancestor Magloire MARTEL-- Date: 16 January 1844 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Canada East
Magloire MARTEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT




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birth1815 Birth
11 February 1815
L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1844 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT and Magloire MARTEL 16 January 1844, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

She was 28 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Magloire MARTEL died 25 August 1857, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1877 Marriage of Child
Marie MARTEL married 8 October 1877, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to William TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1888 Death
19 January 1888
Amqui, Canada

She died at the age of 72.
Added: 5/30/2025 10:58:06 AM - Updated: 5/30/2025 10:58:59 AM

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