Modeste DESGAGNES

(b. 15 March 1812 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 17 December 1887 , L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Modeste DESGAGNES was born 15 March 1812 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Modeste DESGAGNES was the child of Etienne DESGAGNES and Modeste LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DESGAGNES and Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY (maternal) Basile LECLERC and Josephte ST-PIERRE

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

Modeste married Pierre HOUDE 23 June 1829 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre HOUDE was born 18 January 1811 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Pierre died 20 September 1894 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Pelagie TREMBLAY.

Modeste DESGAGNES died 17 December 1887 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, 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 Modeste DESGAGNES

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Modeste DESGAGNES married

Pierre HOUDE-- Date: 23 June 1829 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Pierre HOUDE was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Pelagie TREMBLAY

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Children of Pierre HOUDE and Modeste DESGAGNES:

Ephrem HOUDE (b.18 September 1833, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eleonard COULOMBE 17 February 1857 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leocadie HOUDE (b.17 June 1835, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 29 July 1912, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Rene-Renald TREMBLAY 14 July 1856 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1812 Birth
15 March 1812
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Modeste DESGAGNES and Pierre HOUDE 23 June 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Ephrem HOUDE was born 18 September 1833, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 21 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Leocadie HOUDE was born 17 June 1835, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 23 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)

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Leocadie HOUDE married 14 July 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Rene-Renald TREMBLAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Ephrem HOUDE married 17 February 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Eleonard COULOMBE

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.