Opportune GUY

(b. 23 July 1803 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 September 1847 , Saint-Pie, Canada East )

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Opportune GUY was born 23 July 1803 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Opportune GUY was the child of Germain GUY and Josephte PAYANT dite ST-ONGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GUY and Madeleine BOUCHARD (maternal) Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Rosalie LEBEL

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

Opportune married Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE 30 January 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE was born 9 August 1782 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Denis DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE and Elisabeth MARTIN.

Opportune GUY died 25 September 1847 in Saint-Pie, 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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Opportune GUY married

Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE-- Date: 30 January 1826 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE was the child of Denis DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE and Elisabeth MARTIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE and Opportune GUY:

Eleonore DENONVILLE (b.7 January 1835, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1884, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada )
m. Godefroy GENDREAU 2 February 1852 in Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

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1803 Birth
23 July 1803
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Opportune GUY and Jean-Baptiste DENONVILLE dit LANEUVILLE 30 January 1826, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 22 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Eleonore DENONVILLE was born 7 January 1835, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Opportune was 31 years old.

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)