Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS

(b. 1 April 1822 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 9 November 1884 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS was born 1 April 1822 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS was the child of Joseph HARNOIS and Marie-Dorothee CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HARNOIS and Charlotte ROCHEREAU (maternal) Pierre-Alexis CORMIER and Marie-Elisabeth LANDRY

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

Marie-Eugenie married Medard-Amedee PAQUIN 22 May 1843 in Trois-Rivières, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Medard-Amedee PAQUIN was born 8 June 1790 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Medard-Amedee died 21 July 1861 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Medard-Amedee was the child of Joseph PAQUIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU.

Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS died 9 November 1884 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS married

Medard-Amedee PAQUIN-- Date: 22 May 1843 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada East
Medard-Amedee PAQUIN was the child of Joseph PAQUIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU

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Children of Medard-Amedee PAQUIN and Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS:

Telesphore PAQUIN (b.26 March 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East d. 7 March 1895, Wotton, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie Sara GOUDREAU 7 January 1884 in Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

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1822 Birth
1 April 1822
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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 / Partner
Marie-Eugenie HARNOIS and Medard-Amedee PAQUIN 22 May 1843, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 21 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Telesphore PAQUIN was born 26 March 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)

Marie-Eugenie was 28 years old.

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

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Medard-Amedee PAQUIN died 21 July 1861, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.