Geneviève MORISSEAU

(b. 19 December 1797 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1877 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève MORISSEAU was born 19 December 1797 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Geneviève MORISSEAU was the child of Paul MORISSEAU and Josephte DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis MORISSEAU and Marie-Josephe DERCY (DARCY) (maternal) Augustin DESMARAIS and Marie-Marguerite BANLIER dite LAPERLE

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Geneviève married Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN 10 February 1823 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was born 15 February 1791 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Joseph-Marie died 22 November 1863 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie was the child of Antoine MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN and Thérèse DUFAULT.

Geneviève MORISSEAU died 17 May 1877 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Geneviève MORISSEAU married

Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN-- Date: 10 February 1823 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was the child of Antoine MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN and Thérèse DUFAULT

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Children of Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN and Geneviève MORISSEAU:

Elmire AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN (b.1 January 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN (b.13 February 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 10 September 1899, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN (b.27 March 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 January 1895, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )
m. Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE 4 October 1847 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
19 December 1797
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève MORISSEAU and Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN 10 February 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 25 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Elmire AMIEL dite LUSIGNAN was born 1 January 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 26 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Joseph AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was born 13 February 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN was born 27 March 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 29 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN married 4 October 1847, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Julie BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Marie AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN died 22 November 1863, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.