Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Born

20 February 1800 , Québec, Lower Canada

Died

27 May 1876 , Québec, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Genevieve GUILLEMIN

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Born: 20 February 1800 in Québec, Lower Canada

Parents of Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Father

Prisque GUILLEMIN

Mother

Monique PAQUET

Grandparents of Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Paternal grandparents

Jean GUILLEMIN Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE)

Maternal grandparents

Michel PAQUET Charlotte MARTIN dite BEAULIEU

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

Genevieve married Francois DESCROISELLES 11 January 1820 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois DESCROISELLES was born abt. 1786 in Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe, France. Francois died 15 June 1832 in Québec, Lower Canada .

Genevieve GUILLEMIN died 27 May 1876 in Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Genevieve GUILLEMIN married

Francois DESCROISELLES
Marriage date: 11 January 1820
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Children of Francois DESCROISELLES and Genevieve GUILLEMIN

Francois DESCROISELLES

Born: 6 February 1821, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Agathe DUMONT 29 October 1844 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East

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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 — 1800
20 February 1800
Québec, 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 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve GUILLEMIN and Francois DESCROISELLES 11 January 1820, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 19 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Francois DESCROISELLES was born 6 February 1821, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Genevieve was 20 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois DESCROISELLES died 15 June 1832, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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 of Child
Francois DESCROISELLES married 29 October 1844, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East to Agathe DUMONT

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

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.