Catherine DAUNAIS

Born

abt. 1809 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

30 June 1893 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Omer-Cuthbert DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)Marie-Charlotte AUGER

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Catherine DAUNAIS was born abt. 1809 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine DAUNAIS was the child of Omer-Cuthbert DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Charlotte AUGER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thomas-Omer DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie BLOUIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste AUGER and Marie-Geneviève CARRE dite LAROCHE

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Catherine married Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE 20 October 1829 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE was born 30 May 1809 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean-Baptiste died 8 April 1878 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN and Angelique VEL dite SANSOUCY.

Catherine DAUNAIS died 30 June 1893 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, 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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Catherine DAUNAIS married

Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE
Marriage date: 20 October 1829
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE was the child of Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN and Angelique VEL dite SANSOUCY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE and Catherine DAUNAIS

Marguerite CHAPDELAINE

Born: 10 May 1834, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Athanase MANDEVILLE 26 July 1864 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DAUNAIS and Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE 20 October 1829, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHAPDELAINE was born 10 May 1834, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CHAPDELAINE married 26 July 1864, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Athanase MANDEVILLE

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.