Denis
VILLENEUVE
(b.
15 July 1806
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
6 October 1886
,
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
)
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Denis VILLENEUVE was born 15 July 1806 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Denis 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 TREMBLAYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Denis married Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) 17 November 1829 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was born 29 October 1811 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elisabeth died 5 June 1888 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elisabeth was the child of Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) and Geneviève DESBIENS.
Denis VILLENEUVE died 6 October 1886 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Denis VILLENEUVE
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Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)-- Date: 17 November 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was the child of Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) and Geneviève DESBIENS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Denis VILLENEUVE and Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT):
Elisabeth VILLENEUVE (b.23 March 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 10 July 1949, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Pamphile TREMBLAY 19 January 1874 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)-- Date: 17 November 1829 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada See marriage record for Denis VILLENEUVE and Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was the child of Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) and Geneviève DESBIENS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Denis VILLENEUVE and Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT):
Elisabeth VILLENEUVE (b.23 March 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 10 July 1949, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )m. Pamphile TREMBLAY 19 January 1874 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
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1806 Birth 15 July 1806
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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
1829 Marriage / PartnerDenis VILLENEUVE and Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) 17 November 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
He was 23 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1854 Birth of ChildElisabeth VILLENEUVE was born 23 March 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
Denis was 47 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1874 Marriage of ChildElisabeth VILLENEUVE married 19 January 1874, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Pamphile TREMBLAY
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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 Death 6 October 1886
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 80.
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