Medard DUGAS

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29 November 1827 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

5 November 1900 , Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

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Born: 29 November 1827 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Medard married Marian-Aurelie MOREAU 17 July 1849 in Maskinongé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marian-Aurelie MOREAU was born 26 April 1830 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Marian-Aurelie died 3 May 1913

Medard DUGAS died 5 November 1900 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada.
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Medard DUGAS married

Marian-Aurelie MOREAU
Marriage date: 17 July 1849
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Canada East

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

Children of Medard DUGAS and Marian-Aurelie MOREAU

Maxime DUGAS

Born: 7 June 1850, Maskinongé, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Honorine JACQUES 2 April 1876 Place: Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1827
29 November 1827
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Medard DUGAS and Marian-Aurelie MOREAU 17 July 1849, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 21 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Maxime DUGAS was born 7 June 1850, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Medard was 22 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.