Monique COURCHESNE

(b. 24 November 1818 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1897 , Richmond, Québec, Canada )

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Monique COURCHESNE was born 24 November 1818 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Monique COURCHESNE was the child of François COURCHESNE and Marguerite SENNEVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François COURCHESNE and Josephte JANELLE (maternal) Joseph SENNEVILLE and Marguerite PROULX

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

Monique married Olivier DIONNE 26 February 1838 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olivier DIONNE was born 3 April 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Olivier died 16 July 1915 in Richmond, Québec, Canada. Olivier was the child of Antoine-Lucien DIONNE and Elisabeth CHARPENTIER.

Monique COURCHESNE died 9 January 1897 in Richmond, 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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Monique COURCHESNE married

Olivier DIONNE-- Date: 26 February 1838 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Olivier DIONNE was the child of Antoine-Lucien DIONNE and Elisabeth CHARPENTIER

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Children of Olivier DIONNE and Monique COURCHESNE:

Monique DIONNE (b.15 February 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 24 May 1922, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Louis TREMBLAY 13 August 1877 in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

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1818 Birth
24 November 1818
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Monique COURCHESNE and Olivier DIONNE 26 February 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 19 years old.

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
Monique DIONNE was born 15 February 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Monique was 21 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)

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.

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.