Geneviève SEVIGNY

Born

14 October 1814 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

23 September 1891 , Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Antoine SÉVIGNY Marguerite LUSSIER

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Born: 14 October 1814 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine SÉVIGNY

Mother: Marguerite LUSSIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR , Marie-Louise FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Amable LUSSIER , Elisabeth CARRY

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

Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste RICHARD 8 April 1850 in Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was born 1 January 1817 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 14 April 1885 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT.

Geneviève SEVIGNY died 23 September 1891 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, 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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Geneviève SEVIGNY married

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD
Marriage date: 8 April 1850
Marriage place: Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Geneviève SEVIGNY

Joseph RICHARD

Born: 3 February 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 11 August 1896, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Marie-Anne VALIERE 13 October 1876 Place: Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

Born: 3 February 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 19 June 1918, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Zephirine TREMBLAY 12 September 1893 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Married: Marie-Hermenie DUTAUD dite VILANDRAY 4 January 1898 Place: Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

Pierre RICHARD

Born: 8 July 1853, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 26 February 1923, La Prairie, Québec, Canada

Married: Georgiana BONIN 15 February 1876 Place: Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene GUERTIN 25 September 1881 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Geneviève RICHARD

Born: July 1856, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East
Died: 1 August 1856, Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East

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Birth — 1814
14 October 1814
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève SEVIGNY and Jean-Baptiste RICHARD 8 April 1850, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

She was 35 years old.

1850 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1851 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was born 3 February 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 36 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Joseph RICHARD was born 3 February 1851, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 36 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Pierre RICHARD was born 8 July 1853, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 38 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Geneviève RICHARD was born July 1856, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 41 years old.

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.