Augustin GERVAIS

(b. 27 May 1793 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada d. 29 October 1873 , Upton, Québec, Canada )

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Augustin GERVAIS was born 27 May 1793 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Augustin GERVAIS was the child of Alexis GERVAIS and Françoise BOURGAULT dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GERVAIS and Marie-Josephe MORAND dite DOUVILLE (maternal) François BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE

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

Augustin married Marthe DUPONT 9 October 1820 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe DUPONT was born 7 October 1797 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marthe died 23 March 1847 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marthe was the child of Louis DUPONT and Josette BÉRARD dite LEPINE.

Augustin GERVAIS died 29 October 1873 in Upton, 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 Augustin GERVAIS

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Augustin GERVAIS married

Marthe DUPONT-- Date: 9 October 1820 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marthe DUPONT was the child of Louis DUPONT and Josette BÉRARD dite LEPINE

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Children of Augustin GERVAIS and Marthe DUPONT:

Emilie GERVAIS (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 January 1902, Upton, Québec, Canada )
m. Olivier-David TREMBLAY 19 February 1849 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1793 Birth
27 May 1793
Contrecœur, 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.

1820 Marriage / Partner
Augustin GERVAIS and Marthe DUPONT 9 October 1820, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 27 years old.

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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marthe DUPONT died 23 March 1847, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Emilie GERVAIS married 19 February 1849, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Olivier-David TREMBLAY

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.