Dominique TRAHAN

(b. 20 December 1792 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 19 October 1876 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada )

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Dominique TRAHAN was born 20 December 1792 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Dominique TRAHAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN and Marie Angelique Madeleine CLOUATRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste TRAHAN and Anne Marie HÉBERT (maternal) Dominique CLOUATRE and Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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

Dominique married Marie LAROCHE 3 August 1812 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie LAROCHE was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Gabriel LAROCHE and Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY.

Dominique TRAHAN died 19 October 1876 in L'Acadie, 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 Dominique TRAHAN

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Dominique TRAHAN married

Marie LAROCHE-- Date: 3 August 1812 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie LAROCHE was the child of Gabriel LAROCHE and Marie-Marguerite SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY

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Children of Dominique TRAHAN and Marie LAROCHE:

Dominique TRAHAN (b.6 July 1813, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1876, )
m. Delvida (Adelaide) TREMBLAY 4 October 1842 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Aurelie TRAHAN (b.14 August 1831, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 8 May 1863, L'Acadie, Canada East )
m. Alexis TREMBLAY 17 February 1852 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1792 Birth
20 December 1792
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Dominique TRAHAN and Marie LAROCHE 3 August 1812 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 19 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Dominique TRAHAN was born 6 July 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Dominique was 20 years old.

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Aurelie TRAHAN was born 14 August 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Dominique was 38 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Dominique TRAHAN married 4 October 1842, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Delvida (Adelaide) TREMBLAY

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Aurelie TRAHAN married 17 February 1852, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Alexis TREMBLAY

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

1863 Death of Child
Aurelie TRAHAN died 8 May 1863, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Dominique was 70 years old.

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.