Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Born

31 August 1815 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

Died

10 May 1855 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East

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. 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 .

Parents & Family of Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Parents of Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Father

Alexis FOURNIER

Mother

Archange LABERGE

Grandparents of Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents

Louis FOURNIER Marguerite-Ursule THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas LABERGE Françoise ROUSSEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Marie-Claire FOURNIER married

David PROULX
Marriage date: 28 April 1840
Marriage place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
David PROULX was the child of Etienne PROULX and Genevieve DENEAU

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

Children of David PROULX and Marie-Claire FOURNIER

Marie-Claire PROULX

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 December 1908, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Joseph-Cyrille PROULX 7 November 1865 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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 — 1815
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 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.

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.