Joseph PROVOST

(b. abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 December 1869 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph PROVOST was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph PROVOST was the child of Joseph-Antoine PROVOST and Marguerite SAVARIA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST) and Élisabeth BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste SAVARIA and Marie-Françoise HAYET dite ST-MALO

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

Joseph married Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS 7 October 1816 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS was born 20 June 1796 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Josette died 19 July 1848 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marie-Josette was the child of Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Marie-Anne CADIEUX.

Joseph PROVOST died 8 December 1869 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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Joseph PROVOST married

Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS-- Date: 7 October 1816 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS was the child of Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Marie-Anne CADIEUX

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Children of Joseph PROVOST and Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS:

Eulalie PROVOST (b.3 September 1820, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 15 June 1892, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada )
m. François DESMARAIS 5 February 1839 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROVOST and Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS 7 October 1816, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Eulalie PROVOST was born 3 September 1820, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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)

1839 Marriage of Child
Eulalie PROVOST married 5 February 1839, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to François DESMARAIS

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS died 19 July 1848, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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.