Marie-Anne MATTE

Born

26 July 1797 , Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Died

19 April 1876 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MATTE Thérèse ANGER

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Born: 26 July 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MATTE

Mother: Thérèse ANGER

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MATTE , Françoise GARIEPY

Maternal grandparents: Augustin ANGER , Thérèse GARNEAU

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Marie-Anne married Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER) 8 February 1819 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER) was born abt. 1798 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of Hyacinthe GARNIER (GRENIER) and Josephte DELISLE.

Marie-Anne MATTE died 19 April 1876 in Neuville, Portneuf, 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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Marie-Anne MATTE married

Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER)
Marriage date: 8 February 1819
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER) was the child of Hyacinthe GARNIER (GRENIER) and Josephte DELISLE

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Children of Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER) and Marie-Anne MATTE

Noe GRENIER (GARNIER)

Born: 9 October 1832, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Eleonore-Desanges GAUVIN 8 February 1869 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1797
26 July 1797
Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne MATTE and Joseph GRENIER (GARNIER) 8 February 1819, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

She was 21 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Noe GRENIER (GARNIER) was born 9 October 1832, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Anne was 35 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.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Noe GRENIER (GARNIER) married 8 February 1869, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Eleonore-Desanges GAUVIN

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada