Jacques DUDEVOIR

(b. 17 February 1790 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 November 1862 , Montréal, Canada East )

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Jacques DUDEVOIR was born 17 February 1790 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Jacques DUDEVOIR was the child of Jacques DUDEVOIR and Marguerite JOUBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUDEVOIR and Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite BONIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste JOUBERT and Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC

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Jacques married Marie-Anne DESCHENEAUX 25 May 1812 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne DESCHENEAUX was born abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 15 October 1857 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean Baptiste PINEAULT dit DESCHENEAUX and Marie-Josephe DUPONT.

Jacques DUDEVOIR died 10 November 1862 in Montréal, Canada East .
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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 DESCHENEAUX-- Date: 25 May 1812 Place: Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne DESCHENEAUX was the child of Jean Baptiste PINEAULT dit DESCHENEAUX and Marie-Josephe DUPONT

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1790 Birth
17 February 1790
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DUDEVOIR and Marie-Anne DESCHENEAUX 25 May 1812, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 22 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)

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.

1857 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne DESCHENEAUX died 15 October 1857, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Death
10 November 1862
Montréal, Canada East

He died at the age of 72.