Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)

(b. 22 March 1823 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada d. 25 October 1868 , Portneuf, Québec, Canada )

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Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 22 March 1823 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) was the child of Urbain FRENET (FRENETTE) and Marguerite FRENET (FRENETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FRENET (FRENETTE) and Isabelle THIBODEAU (maternal) Joseph FRENET (FRENETTE) and Josephte LAMOTHE

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

Basilisse married Augustin PAQUIN 25 June 1844 in Cap-Santé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin PAQUIN was born 8 December 1817 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Augustin died 22 October 1874 in Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf). Augustin was the child of Joseph-Marie PAQUIN and Madeleine MARCOTTE.

Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) died 25 October 1868 in Portneuf, 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 Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE)

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Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) married

Augustin PAQUIN-- Date: 25 June 1844 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada East
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Augustin PAQUIN was the child of Joseph-Marie PAQUIN and Madeleine MARCOTTE

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Children of Augustin PAQUIN and Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE):

Adele-Lumina PAQUIN (b.abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles-Zenophile MATTE 16 October 1882 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1823 Birth
22 March 1823
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Basilisse FRENET (FRENETTE) and Augustin PAQUIN 25 June 1844, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 21 years old.

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.