Sauveur ST-GELAIS

(b. 15 March 1792 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 26 July 1879 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Sauveur ST-GELAIS was born 15 March 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Sauveur ST-GELAIS was the child of Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Marie-Francois BRADETTE and Marie-Victoire POITEVIN dite POTVIN (maternal) Pierre TREMBLAY and Scholastique-Pelagie GAGNON

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

Sauveur married Judith POTVIN 28 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Judith POTVIN was born 22 September 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Judith died 14 August 1896 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Judith was the child of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULT.

Sauveur ST-GELAIS died 26 July 1879 in Chicoutimi, 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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Family and Children of Sauveur ST-GELAIS

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Sauveur ST-GELAIS married

Judith POTVIN-- Date: 28 November 1815 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Judith POTVIN was the child of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULT

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Children of Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN:

Adolphe ST-GELAIS (b.17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine COTE 2 May 1848 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Ambroise ST-GELAIS (b.24 July 1832, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1919, Laterrière, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Louise COTE 3 September 1855 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Marie ST-GELAIS (b.3 April 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 6 April 1933, Laterrière, Québec, Canada)
m. Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY 16 February 1863 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
15 March 1792
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN 28 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS was born 17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Sauveur was 32 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Ambroise ST-GELAIS was born 24 July 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sauveur was 40 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS was born 3 April 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sauveur was 51 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS married 2 May 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Madeleine COTE

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
Ambroise ST-GELAIS married 3 September 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie-Louise COTE

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

1863 Marriage of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS married 16 February 1863, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY

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.