Julie MAHEU

(b. 29 January 1804 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1856 , La Présentation, Canada East )

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Julie MAHEU was born 29 January 1804 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Julie MAHEU was the child of Louis MAHEU and Marie-Louise BRIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MAHEU and Madeleine OSSANT (AUSSAN) (maternal) Louis-Marie BRIERE and Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC

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Julie married Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN 12 October 1824 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN was born 27 October 1788 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Antoine-Pierre died 31 December 1856 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Antoine-Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUVIN and Marie-Madeleine OUVRARD.

Julie MAHEU died 22 June 1856 in La Présentation, Canada East .
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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 Julie MAHEU

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Julie MAHEU married

Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN-- Date: 12 October 1824 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUVIN and Marie-Madeleine OUVRARD

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Children of Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN and Julie MAHEU:

Mathilde GAUVIN (b.6 May 1834, La Présentation, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Michel MARTIN 16 February 1857 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Leon-Jean GAUVIN (b.20 May 1841, La Présentation, Canada East d. 22 February 1916, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Vitaline-Florentine MARTIN 17 November 1862 in Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

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1804 Birth
29 January 1804
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1824 Marriage / Partner
Julie MAHEU and Antoine-Pierre GAUVIN 12 October 1824, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

She was 20 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Mathilde GAUVIN was born 6 May 1834, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Julie was 30 years old.

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 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Leon-Jean GAUVIN was born 20 May 1841, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

Julie was 37 years old.

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.