Joseph FONTAINE

Born

15 December 1833 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Died

13 January 1902 , Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Louisa MARQUIS 27 November 1858 in St Albans, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louisa MARQUIS was born 26 December 1839 in Québec Province, Canada. Louisa died 14 January 1910 in Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada. Louisa was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS and Françoise MEUNIER .

Parents & Family of Joseph FONTAINE

Parents of Joseph FONTAINE

Father

Etienne FONTAINE

Mother

Apolline LACHAPELLE

Grandparents of Joseph FONTAINE

Paternal grandparents

Etienne FONTAINE Gertrude TURCOTTE

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph FONTAINE

Joseph FONTAINE married

Louisa MARQUIS
Marriage date: 27 November 1858
Marriage place: St Albans, Vermont, USA
Louisa MARQUIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARQUIS and Françoise MEUNIER

Children of Joseph FONTAINE and Louisa MARQUIS

Joseph-Etienne FONTAINE

Born: 12 July 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 February 1950, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelphine LANGLOIS

Philibert FONTAINE

Born: 8 September 1863, Saint-Liboire, Canada East
Died: 9 June 1919, Gentilly, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elzire HEBERT 16 October 1888

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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 — 1833
15 December 1833
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FONTAINE and Louisa MARQUIS 27 November 1858, St Albans, Vermont, USA

He was 24 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Joseph-Etienne FONTAINE was born 12 July 1860, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Philibert FONTAINE was born 8 September 1863, Saint-Liboire, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 years old.

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.