Marie-Anne LEBEL

(b. 23 November 1788 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1869 , Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Canada )

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Marie-Anne LEBEL was born 23 November 1788 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne LEBEL was the child of Nicolas LEBEL and Marguerite LAMBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Madeleine SIROIS (maternal) François LAMBERT and Marguerite DEMERS

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

Marie-Anne married Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE 12 February 1810 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born 19 May 1783 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Francois died 31 August 1847 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Francois was the child of Jean-Raphaël ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine-Catherine LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE.

Marie-Anne LEBEL died 13 June 1869 in Notre-Dame-du-Portage, 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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Marie-Anne LEBEL married

Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE-- Date: 12 February 1810 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Jean-Raphaël ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Madeleine-Catherine LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE

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Children of Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Anne LEBEL:

Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT (b.3 February 1832, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. 26 April 1875, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Canada)
m. Louis BLANCHET 19 February 1849 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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1788 Birth
23 November 1788
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEBEL and Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE 12 February 1810, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

She was 21 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)

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
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 3 February 1832, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Marie-Anne was 43 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE died 31 August 1847, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married 19 February 1849, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice) to Louis BLANCHET

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.