Isaac MIVILLE

(b. 22 April 1792 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 11 November 1870 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada )

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Isaac MIVILLE was born 22 April 1792 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Isaac MIVILLE was the child of Joseph-Marie MIVILLE and Catherine DURAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD (maternal) Joseph DURAND and Marie PRIMEAU

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

Isaac married Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 27 July 1812 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 20 February 1855 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marguerite was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Madeleine-Marie-Anne GENEREUX.

Isaac MIVILLE died 11 November 1870 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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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Isaac MIVILLE married

Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE-- Date: 27 July 1812 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Madeleine-Marie-Anne GENEREUX

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Children of Isaac MIVILLE and Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE:

Nathalie MIVILLE (b.23 February 1831, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 20 June 1926, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre GRAVEL 31 July 1854 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1792 Birth
22 April 1792
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Isaac MIVILLE and Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 27 July 1812, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 20 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

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

1831 Birth of Child
Nathalie MIVILLE was born 23 February 1831, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Isaac was 38 years old.

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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Nathalie MIVILLE married 31 July 1854, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Pierre GRAVEL

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE died 20 February 1855, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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.