Felix DUFAULT

Born

25 March 1825 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

2 July 1903 , St-Philémon, Stoke, Quebec, Canada

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Olivier DUFAULT Angele BIRON

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Born: 25 March 1825 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Father: Olivier DUFAULT

Mother: Angele BIRON

Paternal grandparents: Francois-Beloni DUFAULT dit RACLOS , Marie-Louise MASSON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BIRON , Marguerite LEMAIRE

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Felix married Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER 5 July 1848 in Sherbrooke, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER was born abt. 1829 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Rose-De-Lima died 22 November 1878 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Rose-De-Lima was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Ursule FOURNIER.

Felix DUFAULT died 2 July 1903 in St-Philémon, Stoke, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Felix DUFAULT married

Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER
Marriage date: 5 July 1848
Marriage place: Sherbrooke, Canada East
Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER and Ursule FOURNIER

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Children of Felix DUFAULT and Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER

Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT

Born: 23 March 1849, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: 22 April 1911, Stoke, Val-Saint-Francois, Québec, Canada

Married: François-Xavier BAILLARGEON 27 January 1868 Place: Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1825
25 March 1825
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Felix DUFAULT and Rose-De-Lima BOUCHER 5 July 1848, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-De-Lima DUFAULT was born 23 March 1849, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Felix was 24 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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.