Basile VILLENEUVE

(b. 24 July 1800 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 6 July 1870 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Basile VILLENEUVE was born 24 July 1800 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Basile VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (maternal) Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY

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

Basile married Marie-Louise TREMBLAY 9 January 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 27 April 1870 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Louise was the child of Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES.

Basile VILLENEUVE died 6 July 1870 in La Malbaie, 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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Basile VILLENEUVE married

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY-- Date: 9 January 1821 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was the child of Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

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Children of Basile VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY:

Louise VILLENEUVE (b.14 April 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 13 October 1888, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis BELLEY 13 August 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Aurelie VILLENEUVE (b.27 January 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada d. abt. 1920, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Michel HARVEY 18 February 1862 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1800 Birth
24 July 1800
La Malbaie, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Basile VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY 9 January 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Louise VILLENEUVE was born 14 April 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Basile was 26 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Aurelie VILLENEUVE was born 27 January 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Basile was 39 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Louise VILLENEUVE married 13 August 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Louis BELLEY

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.

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Aurelie VILLENEUVE married 18 February 1862, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Michel HARVEY

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.