Marguerite PERRON

Born

10 October 1809 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Died

9 May 1889 , St-Roch-sur-Richelieu Montérégie Québec, Canada

Marguerite married Michel-Charles DUMAS 16 November 1830 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel-Charles DUMAS was born 7 August 1800 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . Michel-Charles died 1 June 1895 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . Michel-Charles was the child of Michel DUMAS and Marguerite LECLERC .

Parents & Family of Marguerite PERRON

Parents of Marguerite PERRON

Father

Antoine PERRON

Mother

Celeste CHAUVIN

Grandparents of Marguerite PERRON

Paternal grandparents

Eustache PERRON Thérèse HERPIN (ARPIN)

Maternal grandparents

François CHAUVIN Marie-Anne CARRE dite LAROCHE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite PERRON

Marguerite PERRON married

Michel-Charles DUMAS
Marriage date: 16 November 1830
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Michel-Charles DUMAS was the child of Michel DUMAS and Marguerite LECLERC

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Michel-Charles DUMAS and Marguerite PERRON

Charles DUMAS

Born: 8 March 1837, Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Died: 27 February 1901, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Catherine HUS LEMOINE 22 September 1879 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1809
10 October 1809
Contrecœur, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite PERRON and Michel-Charles DUMAS 16 November 1830, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Charles DUMAS was born 8 March 1837, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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)

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.