flag female ancestor  Antoinette  DUCHESNE

  (b. 25 October 1801 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 12 March 1886 La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )  

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Antoinette DUCHESNE was born 25 October 1801 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Antoinette DUCHESNE was the child of Rene-Abraham-Samson DUCHESNE   and   Felicite-Veronique DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne THIBAULT (maternal)  Etienne DESBIENS and Francoise TREMBLAY

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Antoinette  married  Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS 22 January 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS  was born 4 October 1798 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Joseph died 23 April 1868 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Marguerite BERIAULT.

Antoinette DUCHESNE died 12 March 1886 in La Malbaie, 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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Antoinette DUCHESNE married flag male ancestor Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS-- Date: 22 January 1822 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Marguerite BERIAULT




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birth1801 Birth
25 October 1801
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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
marriage1822 Marriage / Partner
Antoinette DUCHESNE and Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS 22 January 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 20 years old.
1828 Birth of Child
Alphonse DASSYLVA was born 26 January 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Antoinette was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
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)
marriage1848 Marriage of Child
Alphonse DASSYLVA married 26 September 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Olive BOUCHARD
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
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
1868 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS died 23 April 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
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
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
12 March 1886
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 84.
Added: 10/29/2024 3:45:26 PM - Updated: 10/29/2024 3:46:30 PM

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