Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER

Born

16 April 1825 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Died

20 September 1897 , Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Jean Baptiste BOYER Charlotte LIVERNOIS

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Born: 16 April 1825 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste BOYER

Mother: Charlotte LIVERNOIS

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Marcelline "Melissa" married Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS 16 May 1842 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS was born 2 April 1818 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Jean Isidore "John" died 24 May 1883 in Malone, New York, USA. Jean Isidore "John" was the child of Joseph-Nicolas DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Marguerite LEFEBVRE.

Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER died 20 September 1897 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

daughter of Jean Baptiste Boyer and Charlotte Livernois

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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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Spouse & Children of Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER

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Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER married

Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS
Marriage date: 16 May 1842
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS was the child of Joseph-Nicolas DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Marguerite LEFEBVRE

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Children of Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS and Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER

Mary Jane DUGAS (DEGON)

Born: abt. 1849, Malone, New York, USA
Died: January 1893, Malone, New York, USA

Married: William Isaac BELAIR 17 October 1864 Place: Ormstown, Québec, Canada (Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown)

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Birth — 1825
16 April 1825
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER and Jean Isidore "John" DUGAS 16 May 1842, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

She was 17 years old.

Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER - 1842 marriage (part 1)

1842 marriage (part 1)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marcelline "Melissa" BOYER - 1842 marriage (part 2)

1842 marriage (part 2)

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Mary Jane DUGAS (DEGON) married 17 October 1864, Ormstown, Québec, Canada (Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown) to William Isaac BELAIR

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)