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flag female ancestor  Marguerite  THIBEAU

Born
16 August 1809 Sorel, Lower Canada

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Born: 16 August 1809 in Sorel, Lower Canada



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

Marguerite  married  Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE 15 April 1833 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE  was born 24 March 1806 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Jean-Baptiste died 10 February 1877 in Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada .  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis PLOUFFE and Marguerite ST-MARTIN.

Marguerite THIBEAU died 27 March 1891 in Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite THIBEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE and Marguerite THIBEAU

flag male ancestor 
Edmond PLOUFFE
Born: 1 January 1849, Belle River, Canada West
Died: ,


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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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BirthBirth — 1809
16 August 1809
Sorel, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1833 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite THIBEAU and Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE 15 April 1833, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 23 years old.
1834 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE was born 28 March 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite was 24 years old.
1835 Birth of Child
Marie PLOUFFE was born 31 October 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite was 26 years old.
1836 Birth of Child
Josephte PLOUFFE was born 17 July 1836, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marguerite was 26 years old.
1836 Birth of Child
Etienne PLOUFFE was born 10 November 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite was 27 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Birth of Child
Philomene PLOUFFE was born 12 February 1839, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Marguerite was 29 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1841 Birth of Child
Archange PLOUFFE was born 7 November 1841 , , Ontario, Canada

Marguerite was 32 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Birth of Child
Claire PLOUFFE was born 15 January 1844, Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)

Marguerite was 34 years old.
1849 Birth of Child
Edmond PLOUFFE was born 1 January 1849, Belle River, Ontario, Canada

Marguerite was 39 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1867 Death of Child
Philomene PLOUFFE died 2 July 1867, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marguerite was 57 years old.
1872 Death of Child
Marie PLOUFFE died 17 April 1872 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)

Marguerite was 62 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1877 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste PLOUFFE died 10 February 1877, Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1884 Death of Child
Archange PLOUFFE died 21 January 1884 , Pointe aux Roches, Ontario, Canada

Marguerite was 74 years old.
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1886 Death of Child
Victoire PLOUFFE died 28 December 1886 , Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Stony Point)

Marguerite was 77 years old.
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
DeathDeath — 1891
27 March 1891
Stoney Point, Essex, Ontario, Canada
She died at the age of 81.
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