flag male ancestor  Etienne  PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

  (b. 15 July 1789 La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 13 June 1885 Jonquière, Québec, Canada )  

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Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was born 15 July 1789 in La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was the child of Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)   and   Josephte DUFOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY (maternal)  Gabriel DUFOUR and Madeleine BOISSONNEAU

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Etienne  married  Geneviève DESBIENS 6 November 1810 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève DESBIENS  was born 25 February 1787 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Geneviève died 11 September 1855 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).  Geneviève was the child of Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS and Marie-Anne HARVEY.

Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) died 13 June 1885 in Jonquière, 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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birth1789 Birth
15 July 1789
La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1810 Marriage / Partner
Etienne PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) and Geneviève DESBIENS 6 November 1810, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.
1811 Birth of Child
Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was born 29 October 1811, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Etienne was 22 years old.
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
1822 Birth of Child
Hippolyte PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) was born 7 February 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Etienne was 32 years old.
marriage1829 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) married 17 November 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Denis VILLENEUVE
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)
marriage1844 Marriage of Child
Hippolyte PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) married 21 November 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marie SAVARD
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève DESBIENS died 11 September 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
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
1870 Death of Child
Hippolyte PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT) died 22 September 1870, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Etienne was 81 years old.
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
death1885 Death
13 June 1885
Jonquière, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 95.
Added: 1/28/2025 12:36:55 PM - Updated: 6/10/2025 9:20:45 AM

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