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Marie-Desanges  married  Ignace DESHAIES 8 July 1851 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace DESHAIES  was born 9 July 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  Ignace died 12 January 1865 in Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. 

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Marie-Desanges  married  Ignace DESHAIES 8 July 1851 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace DESHAIES  was born 9 July 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  Ignace died 12 January 1865 in Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada. 

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Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER married flag male ancestor Ignace DESHAIES
Marriage date: 8 July 1851
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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BirthBirth — 1822
8 October 1822
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
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)
marriage1851 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER and Ignace DESHAIES 8 July 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.
1858 Birth of Child
Antoine DESHAIES was born 14 April 1858, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Desanges was 35 years old.
1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ignace DESHAIES died 12 January 1865, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
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
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
DeathDeath — 1886
21 May 1886
Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 63.
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