Alexis GELINAS

(b. 3 January 1774 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 October 1844 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East )

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Alexis GELINAS was born 3 January 1774 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis GELINAS was the child of Alexis GELINAS and Anastasie DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis GÉLINAS and Marie-Catherine LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS (maternal) Pierre DOUCET and Anne Marie DUGAS

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

Alexis married Thérèse DUBE 19 July 1802 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse DUBE was born 18 October 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Thérèse was the child of Jean-Bernard DUBE and Thérèse CHRETIEN.

Alexis GELINAS died 27 October 1844 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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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Alexis GELINAS married

Thérèse DUBE-- Date: 19 July 1802 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Thérèse DUBE was the child of Jean-Bernard DUBE and Thérèse CHRETIEN

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Children of Alexis GELINAS and Thérèse DUBE:

Lucie GELINAS (b.13 May 1804, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 27 January 1861, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Drummond, Canada East)
m. Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) 20 November 1826 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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1774 Birth
3 January 1774
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Alexis GELINAS and Thérèse DUBE 19 July 1802, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

He was 28 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Lucie GELINAS was born 13 May 1804, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Alexis was 30 years old.

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 of Child
Lucie GELINAS married 20 November 1826, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Joseph COLARD (COLLARD)

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)