Agathe VIENS

Born

abt. 1802 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Died

7 February 1890 , Bedford, Québec, Canada

Agathe married Louis FAVREAU 1 February 1831 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis FAVREAU was born 11 December 1805 in Chambly, Lower Canada . Louis died 1 December 1888 in Bedford, Québec, Canada . Louis was the child of Louis FAVREAU and Louise MARCIL .

Parents & Family of Agathe VIENS

Parents of Agathe VIENS

Father

Charles VIENS

Mother

Marguerite CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Grandparents of Agathe VIENS

Paternal grandparents

Pierre VIENS Marie-Madeleine LEMIEUX

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Agathe VIENS

Agathe VIENS married

Louis FAVREAU
Marriage date: 1 February 1831
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Louis FAVREAU was the child of Louis FAVREAU and Louise MARCIL

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis FAVREAU and Agathe VIENS

Marie-Mathilde FAVREAU

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre BELISLE 2 February 1852 Place: Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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 Marriage / Partner
Agathe VIENS and Louis FAVREAU 1 February 1831, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Marie-Mathilde FAVREAU married 2 February 1852, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Canada East to Alexandre BELISLE

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.