flag female ancestor  Hedwidge  RATELLE

  (b. 26 June 1820 Maskinongé, Lower Canada   d. 6 January 1901 St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada )  

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Hedwidge RATELLE was born 26 June 1820 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Hedwidge RATELLE was the child of Pierre RATELLE   and   Marguerite RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles RATELLE and Marie Anne BRAULT (maternal)  Mathurin RICHARD and Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT

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

Hedwidge  married  Antoine DESERRES 25 January 1842 in Maskinongé, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine DESERRES  was born 31 January 1811 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph).  Antoine died 27 December 1887 in St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada.  Antoine was the child of Pierre DESERRE and Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Hedwidge RATELLE died 6 January 1901 in St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Hedwidge RATELLE

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Hedwidge RATELLE married flag male ancestor Antoine DESERRES-- Date: 25 January 1842 Place: Maskinongé, Canada East
Antoine DESERRES was the child of Pierre DESERRE and Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU




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Children of Antoine DESERRES and Hedwidge RATELLE:

immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor Ovide Ildege DE SERRES (b.March 3, 1860, Joliette, Canada East   d. September 3, 1900, Mosinee, Wisconsin, USA)
m. Dina LAPORTE 17 August 1880



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birth1820 Birth
26 June 1820
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1842 Marriage / Partner
Hedwidge RATELLE and Antoine DESERRES 25 January 1842, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

She was 21 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Birth of Child
Ovide Ildege DE SERRES was born March 3, 1860, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Hedwidge was 39 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1887 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine DESERRES died 27 December 1887, St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1900 Death of Child
Ovide Ildege DE SERRES died September 3, 1900, Mosinee, Wisconsin, USA

Hedwidge was 80 years old.
death1901 Death
6 January 1901
St-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada

She died at the age of 80.
Added: 7/6/2020 8:52:45 AM - Updated: 7/6/2020 8:53:48 AM

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