Geneviève MAILLOUX

(b. 26 November 1790 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 August 1868 , Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada )

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Geneviève MAILLOUX was born 26 November 1790 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

Geneviève MAILLOUX was the child of Germain MAILLOUX and Marie-Dorothee VALLEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain MAILLOUX and Francoise GARIEPY (maternal) Michel VALLEE (LAVALLEE) and Renee-Dorothee BACON

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

Geneviève married Michel BOISVERT 18 February 1811 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel BOISVERT was born 17 August 1791 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Michel died 12 April 1864 in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada. Michel was the child of Michel BOISVERT dit DENEVERS and Augustine GAUTHIER.

Geneviève MAILLOUX died 12 August 1868 in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, 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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Geneviève MAILLOUX married

Michel BOISVERT-- Date: 18 February 1811 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Michel BOISVERT was the child of Michel BOISVERT dit DENEVERS and Augustine GAUTHIER

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Children of Michel BOISVERT and Geneviève MAILLOUX:

Felix BOISVERT (b.24 August 1824, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 3 April 1915, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )
m. Leocadie RONDEAU 10 November 1860 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1790 Birth
26 November 1790
Saint-Cuthbert, 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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève MAILLOUX and Michel BOISVERT 18 February 1811, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Felix BOISVERT was born 24 August 1824, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Geneviève was 33 years old.

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)

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Felix BOISVERT married 10 November 1860, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Leocadie RONDEAU

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel BOISVERT died 12 April 1864, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada

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.