Joseph GUAY

(b. 8 July 1786 , La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 December 1869 , St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada )

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Joseph GUAY was born 8 July 1786 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph GUAY was the child of Josse-Joseph GUAY and Genevieve MALTAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Jean GUAY and Marie-Procule TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MALTAIS and Marie-Josephte GAGNON

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

Joseph married Marie BERGERON 13 October 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BERGERON was born 15 March 1793 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 11 August 1865 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada. Marie was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR.

Joseph GUAY died 21 December 1869 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph GUAY married

Marie BERGERON-- Date: 13 October 1812 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Marie BERGERON was the child of Alexis BERGERON and Madeleine DUFOUR

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Children of Joseph GUAY and Marie BERGERON:

Justine GUAY (b.11 December 1813, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 21 December 1896, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Ambroise TREMBLAY 7 August 1855 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1786 Birth
8 July 1786
La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GUAY and Marie BERGERON 13 October 1812, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Justine GUAY was born 11 December 1813, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 27 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)

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)

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Justine GUAY married 7 August 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Ambroise TREMBLAY

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BERGERON died 11 August 1865, St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada

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.