Marie-Josephte GUAY

(b. abt. 1827 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 August 1869 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GUAY was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephte GUAY was the child of Elisee GUAY and Marie-Madeleine JEAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois-Sauveur GUAY and Dorothee-Victoire GRENON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste JEAN and Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

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

Marie-Josephte married Joseph FLEURY 5 January 1846 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph FLEURY was born 18 September 1821 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Joseph died 22 July 1891 in St-Coeur-de-Marie, Delisle, Canada. Joseph was the child of Julien FLEURY and Marie REMILLARD.

Marie-Josephte GUAY died 31 August 1869 in Chicoutimi, 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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Marie-Josephte GUAY married

Joseph FLEURY-- Date: 5 January 1846 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Joseph FLEURY was the child of Julien FLEURY and Marie REMILLARD

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Children of Joseph FLEURY and Marie-Josephte GUAY:

Louise FLEURY (b.14 August 1847, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. 2 May 1925, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 29 January 1866 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GUAY and Joseph FLEURY 5 January 1846, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

1847 Birth of Child
Louise FLEURY was born 14 August 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Louise FLEURY married 29 January 1866, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.