Celeste FOURNIER

Born

12 June 1797 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

Died

14 October 1864 , Napierville, Canada East

Parents & Family of Celeste FOURNIER

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Born: 12 June 1797 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Parents of Celeste FOURNIER

Father

Louis FOURNIER

Mother

Marie-Anne BARIL

Grandparents of Celeste FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents

Augustin FOURNIER Marie-Louise TOUSSAINT

Maternal grandparents

François BARIL Marie-Anne LEVESQUE

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

Celeste married François DUPONT 10 May 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François DUPONT was born 11 August 1776 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . François died 18 February 1856 in Napierville, Canada East . François was the child of Joseph-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Louise LABRECQUE.

Celeste FOURNIER died 14 October 1864 in Napierville, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Celeste FOURNIER

Celeste FOURNIER married

François DUPONT
Marriage date: 10 May 1819
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
François DUPONT was the child of Joseph-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Louise LABRECQUE

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

Children of François DUPONT and Celeste FOURNIER

François Hilaire DUPONT

Born: 12 January 1824, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1884, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marcelline FILION 3 October 1848 Place: Napierville, Canada East

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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 — 1797
12 June 1797
Louiseville, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Celeste FOURNIER and François DUPONT 10 May 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 21 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
François Hilaire DUPONT was born 12 January 1824, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Celeste was 26 years old.

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

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)