Marie-Anne HEBERT

(b. 28 September 1788 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1873 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne HEBERT was born 28 September 1788 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne HEBERT was the child of François HEBERT and Anne BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Marie HEBERT and Anne GAUTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine CHARRON

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

Marie-Anne married Paul COLLETTE 20 November 1809 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul COLLETTE was born 26 July 1784 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Paul was the child of Paul COLLETTE and Marie-Reine GIRARD.

Marie-Anne HEBERT died 20 April 1873 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Marie-Anne HEBERT married

Paul COLLETTE-- Date: 20 November 1809 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Paul COLLETTE was the child of Paul COLLETTE and Marie-Reine GIRARD

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Children of Paul COLLETTE and Marie-Anne HEBERT:

Louis COLLETTE (b.14 October 1816, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1882, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada)
m. Dorothee HANDFIELD 22 January 1839 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1788 Birth
28 September 1788
Varennes, 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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne HEBERT and Paul COLLETTE 20 November 1809, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 21 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Louis COLLETTE was born 14 October 1816, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Anne was 28 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

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Louis COLLETTE married 22 January 1839, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Dorothee HANDFIELD

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

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.