flag female ancestor  Genevieve  ALEXANDRE

  (b. 17 August 1792 Yamaska, Lower Canada   d. 16 September 1889 Saint-David, Québec, Canada )  

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Genevieve ALEXANDRE was born 17 August 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Genevieve ALEXANDRE was the child of Pierre ALEXANDRE   and   Genevieve TAUREL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre ALEXANDRE and Marie-Louise LEPRINCE (maternal)  Etienne TAUREL dit JOLICOEUR and Therese HEBERT

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Genevieve  married  Antoine JOYAL 3 February 1817 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine JOYAL  was born 19 January 1793 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  Antoine died 16 March 1874 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska).  Antoine was the child of Joseph JOYAL and Charlotte RITCHOT.

Genevieve ALEXANDRE died 16 September 1889 in Saint-David, 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.

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Family and Children of Genevieve ALEXANDRE

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Genevieve ALEXANDRE married flag male ancestor Antoine JOYAL-- Date: 3 February 1817 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
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Antoine JOYAL was the child of Joseph JOYAL and Charlotte RITCHOT




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Children of Antoine JOYAL and Genevieve ALEXANDRE:

flag male ancestor Antoine JOYAL (b.11 September 1818, Yamaska, Lower Canada   d. 20 December 1889, St Cyrille de Wendover, , Quebec, Canada)
m. Angele BROUILLARD 12 August 1839 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)



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birth1792 Birth
17 August 1792
Yamaska, Lower Canada
marriage1817 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve ALEXANDRE and Antoine JOYAL 3 February 1817, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 24 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1818 Birth of Child
Antoine JOYAL was born 11 September 1818, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Genevieve was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
marriage1839 Marriage of Child
Antoine JOYAL married 12 August 1839, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Angele BROUILLARD
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
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
1874 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine JOYAL died 16 March 1874, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)
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.
death1889 Death
16 September 1889
Saint-David, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 97.
Added: 8/25/2022 12:37:43 PM - Updated: 8/25/2022 12:38:51 PM

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