flag male ancestor  Mathias  DUCHESNE

  (b. 15 June 1812 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 7 May 1880 Métabetchouan, Canada )  

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Mathias DUCHESNE was born 15 June 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Mathias DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE   and   Marie-Reine GAUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Julie GIRARD (maternal)  Francois GAUDREAU and Marie-Josephe-Victoire TREMBLAY

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

Mathias  married  Madeleine TREMBLAY 30 January 1838 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Madeleine TREMBLAY  was born 26 February 1810 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Madeleine died 18 July 1899 in Métabetchouan, Canada.  Madeleine was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU.

Mathias DUCHESNE died 7 May 1880 in Métabetchouan, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Mathias DUCHESNE

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Mathias DUCHESNE married flag female ancestor Madeleine TREMBLAY-- Date: 30 January 1838 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Madeleine TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU




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Children of Mathias DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY:

flag female ancestor Emilie DUCHESNE (b.17 November 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 25 May 1875, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

flag female ancestor Arthemise DUCHESNE (b.abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor Arsene DUCHESNE (b.5 October 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East   d. 28 January 1917, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Simon DUCHESNE (b.3 March 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East   d. 11 August 1911, Métabetchouan, Canada)



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birth1812 Birth
15 June 1812
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
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
marriage1838 Marriage / Partner
Mathias DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY 30 January 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.
1838 Birth of Child
Emilie DUCHESNE was born 17 November 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Mathias was 26 years old.
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)
1846 Birth of Child
Arsene DUCHESNE was born 5 October 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Mathias was 34 years old.
1849 Birth of Child
Simon DUCHESNE was born 3 March 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Mathias was 36 years old.
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
1875 Death of Child
Emilie DUCHESNE died 25 May 1875, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Mathias was 62 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1880 Death
7 May 1880
Métabetchouan, Canada

He died at the age of 67.
Added: 1/6/2024 11:31:37 PM - Updated: 1/6/2024 11:34:32 PM

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