Eleonore MAGNAN

(b. 4 July 1819 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 11 August 1868 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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Eleonore MAGNAN was born 4 July 1819 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Eleonore MAGNAN was the child of Pierre MAGNAN and Marie-Françoise GAUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MAGNAN and Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE (maternal) François GAUDREAU and Françoise FORGET

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

Eleonore married Théotyme MARCHESSAULT 23 November 1846 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Théotyme MARCHESSAULT was born 29 September 1823 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Théotyme died 26 February 1914 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Théotyme was the child of Abraham MARCHESSAULT and Emelie CORMIER.

Eleonore MAGNAN died 11 August 1868 in Saint-Ours, 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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Family and Children of Eleonore MAGNAN

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Eleonore MAGNAN married

Théotyme MARCHESSAULT-- Date: 23 November 1846 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada East
Théotyme MARCHESSAULT was the child of Abraham MARCHESSAULT and Emelie CORMIER

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Children of Théotyme MARCHESSAULT and Eleonore MAGNAN:

Joseph-Hercule-Charles MARCHESSAULT (b.25 March 1853, Saint-Ours, Canada East d. 12 February 1940, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )
m. Azilda-Marie BAZIN 30 May 1882 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)
m. Marie-Alexandrine-Josephine GENDRON 10 January 1888 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1819 Birth
4 July 1819
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Eleonore MAGNAN and Théotyme MARCHESSAULT 23 November 1846, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 27 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1853 Birth of Child
Joseph-Hercule-Charles MARCHESSAULT was born 25 March 1853, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Eleonore was 33 years old.

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.