flag female ancestor  Elizabeth  DESBIENS

  (b. 21 March 1807 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 22 October 1877 Laterrière, Québec, Canada )  

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Elizabeth DESBIENS was born 21 March 1807 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Elizabeth DESBIENS was the child of Jean-Marie DESBIENS   and   Monique PERRON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS and Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste-Isaac PERRON and Marie-Françoise THIBAULT

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Elizabeth  married  Georges TALON dit LESPERANCE 15 April 1834 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georges TALON dit LESPERANCE  was born 28 May 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Georges died 31 October 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).  Georges was the child of Joseph TALON dit LESPERANCE and Marie SAULNIER dite LACOULINE.

Elizabeth DESBIENS died 22 October 1877 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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Elizabeth DESBIENS married flag male ancestor Georges TALON dit LESPERANCE-- Date: 15 April 1834 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Georges TALON dit LESPERANCE was the child of Joseph TALON dit LESPERANCE and Marie SAULNIER dite LACOULINE




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birth1807 Birth
21 March 1807
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
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1834 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth DESBIENS and Georges TALON dit LESPERANCE 15 April 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 27 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)
1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene TALON dite LESPERANCE was born 3 June 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Elizabeth was 42 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
marriage1854 Marriage of Child
Louise TALON married 2 May 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Benoit OUELLET
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
marriage1869 Marriage of Child
Marie-Philomene TALON dite LESPERANCE married 1 February 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to William TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1877 Death
22 October 1877
Laterrière, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 70.
Added: 12/27/2024 5:24:05 PM - Updated: 1/25/2025 1:23:28 PM

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