François Hilaire DUPONT

(b. 12 January 1824 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 28 February 1884 , Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA )

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François Hilaire DUPONT was born 12 January 1824 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

François Hilaire DUPONT was the child of François DUPONT and Celeste FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Louise LABRECQUE (maternal) Louis FOURNIER and Marie-Anne BARIL

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François Hilaire married Marcelline FILION 3 October 1848 in Napierville, Canada East . Marcelline FILION was born 3 August 1824 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marcelline died 3 May 1913 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. Marcelline was the child of Jean-Baptiste FILION and Angélique PARÉ.

François Hilaire DUPONT died 28 February 1884 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.
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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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Marcelline FILION-- Date: 3 October 1848 Place: Napierville, Canada East
Marcelline FILION was the child of Jean-Baptiste FILION and Angélique PARÉ

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1824 Birth
12 January 1824
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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)

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

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
François Hilaire DUPONT and Marcelline FILION 3 October 1848, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 24 years old.

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)

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)