Geoffroy (Godefroy)
DEGRES
(b.
19 June 1821
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
19 January 1905
,
Granby, Québec, Canada
)
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Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES was born 19 June 1821 in Québec Province, Canada
Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES was the child of Pascal DEGRES and Marguerite DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe DEGRES and Marie-Amable HOGUE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Marguerite FOURNIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Geoffroy (Godefroy) married Angele CHAGNON 24 September 1855 in Saint-Pie, Canada East . Angele CHAGNON was born 9 August 1828 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Angele died 26 January 1896 in Bagot, Les Maskoutains, Quebec, Canada. Angele was the child of Eusebe CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Madeleine GABORIAULT dite LAPALME.
Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES died 19 January 1905 in Granby, Québec, 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.
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Angele CHAGNON-- Date: 24 September 1855 Place: Saint-Pie, Canada East
Angele CHAGNON was the child of Eusebe CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Madeleine GABORIAULT dite LAPALME
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Geoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES and Angele CHAGNON:
Angele CHAGNON-- Date: 24 September 1855 Place: Saint-Pie, Canada EastAngele CHAGNON was the child of Eusebe CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Madeleine GABORIAULT dite LAPALME
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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1821 Birth 19 June 1821
Québec Province, 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Marriage / PartnerGeoffroy (Godefroy) DEGRES and Angele CHAGNON 24 September 1855, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada
He was 34 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of 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)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1896 Death of Spouse/PartnerAngele CHAGNON died 26 January 1896, Bagot, Les Maskoutains, Quebec, Canada
1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England1905 Death 19 January 1905
Granby, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 83.
Added: 5/27/2016 1:13:17 PM
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