Marie-Desanges
PROVENCHER
(b.
8 October 1822
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
d.
21 May 1886
,
Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
)
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Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER was born 8 October 1822 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Desanges married Ignace DESHAIES 8 July 1851 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ignace DESHAIES was born 9 July 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Ignace died 12 January 1865 in Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.
Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER died 21 May 1886 in Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, 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 Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER
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Ignace DESHAIES-- Date: 8 July 1851 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Ignace DESHAIES and Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER:
Antoine DESHAIES (b.14 April 1858, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada d. 12 April 1909, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie Eugenia Euphemie SEVIGNY 29 June 1886
Ignace DESHAIES-- Date: 8 July 1851 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Ignace DESHAIES and Marie-Desanges PROVENCHER:
Antoine DESHAIES (b.14 April 1858, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada d. 12 April 1909, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada)m. Marie Eugenia Euphemie SEVIGNY 29 June 1886
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1822 Birth 8 October 1822
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1851 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Desanges PROVENCHER and Ignace DESHAIES 8 July 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
She was 28 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1858 Birth of ChildAntoine DESHAIES was born 14 April 1858, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Marie-Desanges was 35 years old.
1865 Death of Spouse/PartnerIgnace DESHAIES died 12 January 1865, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, 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 Canada1878 - 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 21 May 1886
Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 63.
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