Marie-Claire FOURNIER

(b. 31 August 1815 , Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 10 May 1855 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East )

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Marie-Claire FOURNIER was born 31 August 1815 in Montmagny, Lower Canada

Marie-Claire FOURNIER was the child of Alexis FOURNIER and Archange LABERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis FOURNIER and Marguerite-Ursule THIBAULT (maternal) Nicolas LABERGE and Françoise ROUSSEAU

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

Marie-Claire married David PROULX 28 April 1840 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
David PROULX was born abt. 1813 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). David died 13 October 1884 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. David was the child of Etienne PROULX and Genevieve DENEAU.

Marie-Claire FOURNIER died 10 May 1855 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Claire FOURNIER married

David PROULX-- Date: 28 April 1840 Place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
David PROULX was the child of Etienne PROULX and Genevieve DENEAU

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Children of David PROULX and Marie-Claire FOURNIER:

Marie-Claire PROULX (b.abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 December 1908, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Joseph-Cyrille PROULX 7 November 1865 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1815 Birth
31 August 1815
Montmagny, 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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Claire FOURNIER and David PROULX 28 April 1840, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 24 years old.

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.