Josephine-Victorie-Sophie FERNET

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2 February 1815 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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21 November 1890 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada

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Born: 2 February 1815 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Josephine-Victorie-Sophie married Pierre BURON 30 September 1834 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BURON was born 13 February 1814 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre died 3 March 1877 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre was the child of Joseph-Marie BURON and Geneviève BIDAGUIN dite ST-MARTIN.

Josephine-Victorie-Sophie FERNET died 21 November 1890 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada .

daughter of Jean Fernet and Marguerite Sicard

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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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Josephine-Victorie-Sophie FERNET married

Pierre BURON
Marriage date: 30 September 1834
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Pierre BURON was the child of Joseph-Marie BURON and Geneviève BIDAGUIN dite ST-MARTIN

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Children of Pierre BURON and Josephine-Victorie-Sophie FERNET

Edmond BURON

Born: July 1843, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East
Died: 26 February 1913, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Agnes GOULET 12 January 1864

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Birth — 1815
2 February 1815
Berthierville, 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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage / Partner
Josephine-Victorie-Sophie FERNET and Pierre BURON 30 September 1834, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 19 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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Edmond BURON was born July 1843, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Josephine-Victorie-Sophie was 28 years old.

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.