Celanire GRANDBOIS

(b. 24 November 1823 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 20 September 1884 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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Celanire GRANDBOIS was born 24 November 1823 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Celanire GRANDBOIS was the child of Jérome GRANDBOIS-GUILBAULT and Marie-Louise VACHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre GRANDBOIS dit GUILBAUT and Marie-Anne DEMERS (maternal) Charles-Benjamin VACHON and Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE

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Celanire married David DOUVILLE 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Canada East . David DOUVILLE was born 9 February 1826 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). David was the child of David MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR.

Celanire GRANDBOIS died 20 September 1884 in Saint-Casimir, 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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Celanire GRANDBOIS married

David DOUVILLE-- Date: 20 August 1850 Place: Saint-Casimir, Canada East
David DOUVILLE was the child of David MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR

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1823 Birth
24 November 1823
La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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
Celanire GRANDBOIS and David DOUVILLE 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

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.