Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE

(b. 17 February 1826 , La Présentation, Lower Canada d. 6 April 1883 , Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE was born 17 February 1826 in La Présentation, Lower Canada

Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE was the child of Joseph GUILLEMET and Marie-Judith BOUVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier GUILLEMET and Madeleine THIBAULT (maternal) Louis BOUVIER and Françoise GILBERT dite LAFRAMBOISE

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Marie-Vitaline married Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 3 February 1845 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 18 December 1819 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Joseph-Octave died 4 November 1894 in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Octave was the child of Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE.

Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE died 6 April 1883 in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE married

Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE-- Date: 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada East
Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was the child of Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE

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Children of Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE:

Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE (b.24 August 1847, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. 26 November 1928, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA)
m. Celina ST MARTIN 26 September 1871 in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1826 Birth
17 February 1826
La Présentation, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE and Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 3 February 1845, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 24 August 1847, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Marie-Vitaline was 21 years old.

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.