flag female ancestor  Judith  POTVIN

  (b. 22 September 1800 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 14 August 1896 Laterrière, Québec, Canada )  

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Judith POTVIN was born 22 September 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Judith POTVIN was the child of Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN)   and   Scholastique THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Rose GAGNON (maternal)  André THIBAULT and Agathe SIMARD

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Judith  married  Sauveur ST-GELAIS 28 November 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sauveur ST-GELAIS  was born 15 March 1792 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Sauveur died 26 July 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).  Sauveur was the child of Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY.

Judith POTVIN died 14 August 1896 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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birth1800 Birth
22 September 1800
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
marriage1815 Marriage / Partner
Judith POTVIN and Sauveur ST-GELAIS 28 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 15 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1824 Birth of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS was born 17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Judith was 23 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Birth of Child
Ambroise ST-GELAIS was born 24 July 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Judith was 31 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Birth of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS was born 3 April 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Judith was 42 years old.
marriage1848 Marriage of Child
Adolphe ST-GELAIS married 2 May 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Madeleine COTE
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1855 Marriage of Child
Ambroise ST-GELAIS married 3 September 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie-Louise COTE
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1863 Marriage of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS married 16 February 1863, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Francois-Guillaume TREMBLAY
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sauveur ST-GELAIS died 26 July 1879, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1896 Death
14 August 1896
Laterrière, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 95.
Added: 9/14/2024 11:16:54 AM - Updated: 11/25/2024 6:55:24 PM

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