flag female ancestor  Rosalie  FONTAINE

  (b. 26 August 1815 Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada   d. 17 March 1902 Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )  

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Rosalie FONTAINE was born 26 August 1815 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Rosalie FONTAINE was the child of Louis FONTAINE   and   Josephte BOISVERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Julien FONTAINE and Marguerite BLANCHET (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Josephte RAYMOND

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Rosalie  married  Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 18 October 1831 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX  was born 2 February 1811 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Alexandre (Alexis) died 14 January 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.  Alexandre (Alexis) was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA.

Rosalie FONTAINE died 17 March 1902 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, 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.

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Rosalie FONTAINE married flag male ancestor Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX-- Date: 18 October 1831 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX was the child of Gabriel LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Josette-Pélagie CAYA




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birth1815 Birth
26 August 1815
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1831 Marriage / Partner
Rosalie FONTAINE and Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX 18 October 1831, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne DESCOTEAUX was born 15 May 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Rosalie was 24 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexandre (Alexis) LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX died 14 January 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
1842 Birth of Child
Philomene DESCOTEAUX was born 25 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Rosalie was 26 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.
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.
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
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1902 Death
17 March 1902
Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 86.
Added: 11/13/2020 10:27:07 AM - Updated: 11/13/2020 10:30:40 AM

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