Georges PROULX

Born

Died

4 September 1878 , L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Georges married Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU 2 October 1855 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU was born abt. 1839 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Hermine (Honorine) died 19 July 1918 in L'Avenir, Québec, Canada. Hermine (Honorine) was the child of Antoine MANSEAU and Geneviève LEMIRE .

Parents & Family of Georges PROULX

Parents of Georges PROULX

Father

Louis-Joseph PROULX

Mother

Colombe BRASSARD

Grandparents of Georges PROULX

Paternal grandparents

Joseph PROULX Genevieve CREVIER

Maternal grandparents

Pierre BRASSARD Marie-Antoinette PINARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Georges PROULX

Georges PROULX married

Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU
Marriage date: 2 October 1855
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East
Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU was the child of Antoine MANSEAU and Geneviève LEMIRE

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

Children of Georges PROULX and Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU

Malvina PROULX

Born: 4 July 1867, L'Avenir, Canada East
Died: 24 December 1900, L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

Married: Noel PELOQUIN 11 July 1887 Place: L'Avenir, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1824
21 May 1824
Nicolet, 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)

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)

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Georges PROULX and Hermine (Honorine) MANSEAU 2 October 1855, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 31 years old.

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.