Josephte MAGNAN

(b. 5 March 1808 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 30 March 1882 , St-Théodore d'Acton, Quebec, Canada )

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Josephte MAGNAN was born 5 March 1808 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Josephte MAGNAN was the child of Francois MAGNAN and Josephte FILTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois MAGNAN dit MIGNIER and Elizabeth BEDARD (maternal) Jean FILTEAU and Marie-Louise MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

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Josephte married Hubert GENDRON 7 October 1828 in Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hubert GENDRON was born 7 March 1804 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Hubert died 25 March 1882 in St-Théodore d'Action, Canada. Hubert was the child of Jacques GENDRON and Marie-Anne RUEL.

Josephte MAGNAN died 30 March 1882 in St-Théodore d'Acton, Quebec, 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 MAGNAN married

Hubert GENDRON-- Date: 7 October 1828 Place: Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada
Hubert GENDRON was the child of Jacques GENDRON and Marie-Anne RUEL

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Children of Hubert GENDRON and Josephte MAGNAN:

Anastasie-Restitue GENDRON (b.13 February 1832, Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1888, Stratford, Wolfe, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis-Raymond COTE 7 January 1851 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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1808 Birth
5 March 1808
Berthierville, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MAGNAN and Hubert GENDRON 7 October 1828, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Anastasie-Restitue GENDRON was born 13 February 1832, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 23 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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Anastasie-Restitue GENDRON married 7 January 1851 , Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada to Louis-Raymond COTE

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.