Moise BELLEY

(b. 1 April 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1871 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Moise BELLEY was born 1 April 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Moise BELLEY was the child of Louis BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) René BELLEY and Marguerite MAGNAN (maternal) François TREMBLAY and Felicite BOULIANNE

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

Moise married Louise TREMBLAY 17 August 1819 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Louise TREMBLAY was born 5 April 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louise died 5 March 1846 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Louise was the child of Andre TREMBLAY and Anne DESGAGNES.

Moise married (2) Marguerite TREMBLAY 18 April 1855 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 23 August 1802 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marguerite died 8 May 1883 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Marguerite was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Françoise LAVOIE.

Moise BELLEY died 16 March 1871 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Moise BELLEY married

Louise TREMBLAY-- Date: 17 August 1819 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Louise TREMBLAY was the child of Andre TREMBLAY and Anne DESGAGNES

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Children of Moise BELLEY and Louise TREMBLAY:

Louis BELLEY (b.20 November 1822, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1876, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Louise VILLENEUVE 13 August 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Epiphane BELLEY (b.abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 August 1894, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada )
m. Calliste BERGERON 11 August 1846 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marguerite BELLEY (b.12 September 1829, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pascal SAVARD 27 May 1845 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Flavie BELLEY (b.2 May 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1915, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Napoleon TREMBLAY 7 February 1871 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Moise BELLEY married

Marguerite TREMBLAY-- Date: 18 April 1855 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Marguerite TREMBLAY was the child of Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Françoise LAVOIE

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1798 Birth
1 April 1798
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Moise BELLEY and Louise TREMBLAY 17 August 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Louis BELLEY was born 20 November 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Moise was 24 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)

1829 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELLEY was born 12 September 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Moise was 31 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Flavie BELLEY was born 2 May 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Moise was 42 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Louis BELLEY married 13 August 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Louise VILLENEUVE

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BELLEY married 27 May 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Pascal SAVARD

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise TREMBLAY died 5 March 1846, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

1846 Marriage of Child
Epiphane BELLEY married 11 August 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Calliste BERGERON

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 / Partner
Moise BELLEY and Marguerite TREMBLAY 18 April 1855, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 57 years old.

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.