Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born

23 April 1809 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

21 January 1892 , Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada

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Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Ursule HOUDE

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Born: 23 April 1809 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Mother: Ursule HOUDE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Jeanne Marie HEON

Maternal grandparents: François HOUDE , Marie-Thérèse NAULT

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Louis married Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 20 February 1832 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was born 26 November 1811 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Josephte died 10 January 1894 in Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada . Josephte was the child of Joseph BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie PRINCE.

Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 21 January 1892 in Saint-Célestin, 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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Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)
Marriage date: 20 February 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) was the child of Joseph BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) and Marie PRINCE

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Children of Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS 23 April 1861 Place: Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
23 April 1809
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 20 February 1832, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 22 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

1861 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married 23 April 1861, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada to Charles-Gamélicès DESILETS

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.