Marguerite JANELLE

(b. 23 January 1787 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 February 1859 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )

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Marguerite JANELLE was born 23 January 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite JANELLE was the child of Antoine JANELLE and Marie-Agathe PERRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-François JANELLE and Marie-Thérèse PROULX (maternal) Louis PERRON dit SUIRE and Marie-Agathe ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

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

Marguerite married Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE 7 November 1808 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE was born 16 October 1773 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Louis died 26 June 1859 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Louis was the child of Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST.

Marguerite JANELLE died 27 February 1859 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .
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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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Marguerite JANELLE married

Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE-- Date: 7 November 1808 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE was the child of Jean-Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Élisabeth BENOIT dite LAFOREST

Children:

Clothilde Bélisle Chèvrefils
Marguerite Bélisle Chèvrefils
François Bélisle Chèvrefils

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Children of Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE and Marguerite JANELLE:

Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE (b.13 February 1811, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 3 March 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )

Michel CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE (b.17 June 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 4 February 1907, Wotton, Québec, Canada )
m. Emilie MANSEAU 22 October 1844 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Alexis CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1787 Birth
23 January 1787
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite JANELLE and Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE 7 November 1808, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE was born 13 February 1811, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

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

1822 Birth of Child
Michel CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE was born 17 June 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 35 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

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

1842 Death of Child
Louis CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE died 3 March 1842, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 55 years old.

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
Michel CHÈVREFILS dit BÉLISLE married 22 October 1844, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Emilie MANSEAU

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
27 February 1859
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

She died at the age of 72.

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