Aurelie VILLENEUVE

(b. 27 January 1840 , Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada d. abt. 1920 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Aurelie VILLENEUVE was born 27 January 1840 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

Aurelie VILLENEUVE was the child of Basile VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Felicite COTE (maternal) Alexis TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

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

Aurelie married Michel HARVEY 18 February 1862 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel HARVEY was born 21 February 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Michel died 5 June 1908 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Michel was the child of Timothee HARVEY and Francoise BOUCHARD.

Aurelie VILLENEUVE died abt. 1920 in Saint-Fulgence, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Aurelie VILLENEUVE

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Aurelie VILLENEUVE married

Michel HARVEY-- Date: 18 February 1862 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Michel HARVEY was the child of Timothee HARVEY and Francoise BOUCHARD

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Children of Michel HARVEY and Aurelie VILLENEUVE:

Marie-Elmire HARVEY (b.26 March 1863, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 2 June 1936, )
m. Joseph-Hector TREMBLAY 4 July 1881 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Marie-Clara-Hélène HARVEY (b.28 September 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada d. abt. 1965, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Ernest TREMBLAY 13 July 1886 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

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1840 Birth
27 January 1840
Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
Aurelie VILLENEUVE and Michel HARVEY 18 February 1862, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 22 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Elmire HARVEY was born 26 March 1863, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Aurelie was 23 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Marie-Clara-Hélène HARVEY was born 28 September 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Aurelie was 28 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elmire HARVEY married 4 July 1881, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin) to Joseph-Hector TREMBLAY

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Marriage of Child
Marie-Clara-Hélène HARVEY married 13 July 1886, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin) to Joseph-Ernest TREMBLAY

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)