Marie-Louise LEROUX

(b. abt. 1782 , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 March 1870 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise LEROUX was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Louise LEROUX was the child of Pierre LEROUX and Marie-Agathe SALOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEROUX dit LANSEIGNE and Marie-Catherine CHAILLE (maternal) François SALOIS and Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT

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

Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT 15 February 1808 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT was born 11 May 1786 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean-Baptiste died 10 September 1879 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Charles ARSENAULT and Nathalie LEBLANC.

Marie-Louise LEROUX died 20 March 1870 in Saint-Ours, 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.

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Family and Children of Marie-Louise LEROUX

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Marie-Louise LEROUX married

Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT-- Date: 15 February 1808 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT was the child of Charles ARSENAULT and Nathalie LEBLANC

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Children of Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT and Marie-Louise LEROUX:

Octave ARSENAULT (b.17 November 1818, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 September 1876, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada )
m. Sophie CHAPDELAINE 2 February 1841 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise LEROUX and Jean-Baptiste ARSENAULT 15 February 1808, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Octave ARSENAULT was born 17 November 1818, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage of Child
Octave ARSENAULT married 2 February 1841, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Sophie CHAPDELAINE

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

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.