Josephte SEVIGNY

Born

19 March 1787 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 November 1841 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Parents & Family of Josephte SEVIGNY

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Born: 19 March 1787 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Josephte SEVIGNY

Father

Étienne SÉVIGNY

Mother

Marie-Anne DUBOIS

Grandparents of Josephte SEVIGNY

Paternal grandparents

Antoine SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR Marie-Françoise BÉLAND

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste-Clément DUBOIS Josephte BOURBEAU

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

Josephte married Alexis DESFOSSES 15 January 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis DESFOSSES was born 14 October 1785 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Alexis was the child of Joseph LAMPRON dit DESFOSSES and Madeleine BOUDREAU.

Josephte SEVIGNY died 22 November 1841 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Josephte SEVIGNY

Josephte SEVIGNY married

Alexis DESFOSSES
Marriage date: 15 January 1810
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Alexis DESFOSSES was the child of Joseph LAMPRON dit DESFOSSES and Madeleine BOUDREAU

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

Children of Alexis DESFOSSES and Josephte SEVIGNY

Narcisse DESFOSSES

Born: abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 18 July 1831, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Gilbert DESFOSSES

Born: abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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Birth — 1787
19 March 1787
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Josephte SEVIGNY and Alexis DESFOSSES 15 January 1810, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 22 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