Zoe LECAVELIER

(b. 23 November 1801 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1872 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Zoe LECAVELIER was born 23 November 1801 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Zoe LECAVELIER was the child of Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) and Catherine LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume CAVELIER (LECAVELIER) and Marie-Josephe PICARD dite HUPPÉ (maternal) Antoine LEDUC and Catherine POITRAS

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

Zoe married Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES 13 June 1820 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES was born 12 June 1797 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 31 December 1876 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE.

Zoe LECAVELIER died 9 October 1872 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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Zoe LECAVELIER married

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES-- Date: 13 June 1820 Place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES was the child of Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE

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Children of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Zoe LECAVELIER:

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES (b.17 November 1822, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 12 March 1879, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 24 April 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1801 Birth
23 November 1801
L'Assomption, 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 Marriage / Partner
Zoe LECAVELIER and Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES 13 June 1820, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 18 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES was born 17 November 1822, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Zoe was 20 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES married 24 April 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

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.