Louise PATENAUDE

(b. 24 October 1780 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1870 , Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada )

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Louise PATENAUDE was born 24 October 1780 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise PATENAUDE was the child of François PATENAUDE and Marie-Louise GUILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Toussaint PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) and Thérèse BACHAND dite VERTEFEUILLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GUILLET and Marie-Louise HAMEL

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

Louise married Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 18 November 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 29 March 1778 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Amable died 15 May 1853 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada. Amable was the child of François FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise BÉRARD dite LEPINE.

Louise PATENAUDE died 26 April 1870 in Saint-Guillaume, 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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Louise PATENAUDE married

Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU-- Date: 18 November 1799 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of François FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise BÉRARD dite LEPINE

Children of Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Louise PATENAUDE:

Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU (b.23 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1870, Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN 9 February 1830 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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1780 Birth
24 October 1780
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Louise PATENAUDE and Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 18 November 1799, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 19 years old.

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

1806 Birth of Child
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 23 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Louise was 25 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 Marriage of Child
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU married 9 February 1830, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada to Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 15 May 1853, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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.