Jean DESBIENS

(b. abt. 1802 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 March 1884 , Roberval, Québec, Canada )

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Jean DESBIENS was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean DESBIENS was the child of Louis DESBIENS and Marie GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY (maternal) Joseph GAGNON and Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY)

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Jean married Marie TREMBLAY 24 October 1826 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 March 1809 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie died 7 October 1887 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean). Marie was the child of Julien TREMBLAY and Genevieve GONTHIER.

Jean DESBIENS died 7 March 1884 in Roberval, 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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Jean DESBIENS married

Marie TREMBLAY-- Date: 24 October 1826 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Marie TREMBLAY was the child of Julien TREMBLAY and Genevieve GONTHIER

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Children of Jean DESBIENS and Marie TREMBLAY:

Elisabeth DESBIENS (b.5 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1907, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Narcisse TREMBLAY 27 July 1847 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Jean DESBIENS and Marie TREMBLAY 24 October 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Elisabeth DESBIENS was born 5 March 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth DESBIENS married 27 July 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Narcisse TREMBLAY

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.